Bombay High Court
Telling Someone That Respect For Dr.Ambedkar Has Reduced Because Of Followers Like Him Isn't Offence: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench) quashed an FIR registered against a man over a phone call in which he told another person that respect for Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar has reduced because of followers like the latter.The Court opined that asking a follower of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar why s/he is 'using' the leader's name when they cannot follow his footsteps, and saying that because of...
Restaurant Service Or Bakery Product? Bombay High Court To Decide If Donuts & Cakes Should Be Taxed At 5% Or 18% Under GST
The Bombay High Court is to decide whether the donuts and cakes should be classified as restaurant service or a bakery product under Goods and Services Tax. The Division Bench of Justices B.P Colabawalla and Firdosh P. Pooniwalla were addressing the issue of whether the supply of donuts falls within the ambit of restaurant services under Service Accounting Code (SAC) 9963 or should...
Maha Govt Has Denied Sanction To Prosecute BJP's Ex-State VP Vikram Pawaskar For Hate Speech Against Muslims, Bombay High Court Told
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday was informed that the Maharashtra government has refused to grant sanction to 'prosecute' Vikram Pawaskar, the former BJP State Vice President, in two cases of 'hate speech' against the Muslim community. A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Dr Neela Gokhale accepted the statement made by State's Chief Public Prosecutor Hiten Venegavkar,...
Magistrate Report Not 'Material' To Book Cops For Alleged Fake Encounter In Badlapur, Will Decide After CID Probe: State To Bombay HC
On whether it will register an FIR based on the "findings" of an Enquiry Magistrate, who concluded that the five policemen killed the accused of the Badlapur Sexual Assault case in a "fake encounter", the Maharashtra government today told the Bombay High Court that it cannot say the report constituted "material" to comply with the mandate in the Lalita Kumari judgment (to lodge FIR).The...
Bombay High Court Quashes Acquisition Of Agricultural Lands For Navi Mumbai Airport Project
The Bombay High Court has set aside an award of land acquisition of agricultural lands for the purpose of Navi Mumbai Airport Project at Vahal Village in Panvel District, noting that there were procedural lapses in the proceedings.A division bench of Justice M.S.Sonak and Justice Jitendra Jain observed that the State authorities wrongly dispensed with the requirement of Section 5A of the...
Bombay High Court Reserves Order In Contempt Case Against Woman Who Called Court 'Dog Mafias' Over Dispute Between Society & Dog Feeders
While hearing the matter in which a contempt of court notice was issued against a Navi Mumbai-based society's female resident for making objectionable comments against judges over their order in favour of dog feeders, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday sought to know from where the woman conceived the idea of calling courts as 'dog mafias' and making other objectionable remarks against the...
Bombay High Court Monthly Digest: February 2025
2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 44 to 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 79Nominal Index:Tejas Shinde vs State of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 44Harshi Ramjiyani vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 45Case Title: Shoaib Richie Sequeira vs State of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 46Dnyaneshwar Katkar vs The Director General & Inspector General of Police, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 47Musin Thengade vs...
Former SEBI Chief Madhabi Puri Buch, Two BSE Officials Approach Bombay High Court Against Special Court's Order To Lodge FIR Against Them
The Bombay High Court on Monday agreed to grant an urgent hearing to former Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Madhabi Puri Buch and also to two officials of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), who have challenged the order of a special PMLA court that on Saturday ordered the Anti-Corruption Bureau, Mumbai to lodge an FIR against them.Single-judge Justice Shivkumar Dighe was moved...
Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: February 24 – March 02, 2025
2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 72 to 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 80Nominal Index:Rupchand Shende vs State of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 72Oxford University Press v. DCIT, Int. Tax Circle 3 (2)(2) & Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 73Systra MVA Consulting (India) Pvt. Ltd. vs. Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 74Hanumant Naik vs State of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom)...
Marriage Under Special Marriage Act Not Illegal Only Because Either Spouse Did Not Live In The District Where Marriage Was Registered For 30 Days: Bombay HC
A marriage duly certified under the Special Marriage Act, 1954 cannot be deemed illegal or void just because either of the spouses did not comply with section 5 of the Act, which mandates one of them to live in the district, where they register their marriage, for 30 days, the Bombay High Court held on Friday (February 28).A division bench of Justices Girish Kulkarni and Advait Sethna said once...
Bombay High Court Slaps Rs 1 Lakh Costs On Man For Audio-Recording Court Proceedings On Mobile Phone
In a recent order, the Bombay High Court (February 27) imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh on a litigant who was found to be 'audio-recording' court proceedings on his mobile phone. A division bench of Justices Ajay Gadkari and Kamal Khata in the order recorded that the litigant - Sajid Abdul Jabbar Patel, who was a relative of a respondent in a case- offered to pay Rs 1 lakh costs for...