Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: February 17 – February 23, 2025

2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 66 to 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 71Nominal Index:Swanubhuti Jain vs State of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 66Sagar Dnyaneshwar Shinde vs. Secretary Maharashtra State Commission And Ors , 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 67Mirza Himayat Inayat Baig vs. State of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 68Vijay Chand Dubey vs State of Maharashtra and Anr, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 69The Board of Control for...

Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against Foreign Company Booked For Unauthorisedly Broadcasting Bigg Boss, IPL 2023, Other Colors TV Shows

The Bombay High Court recently quashed a First Information Report (FIR) lodged against a Netherlands-based gaming company accused of unauthorisedly broadcasting various popular shows of Viacom 18 group such as 'Bigg Boss' 'Nagging' 'Asur' 'IPL 2023' etc, on various regional Over The Top (OTT) platforms. A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Dr Neela Gokhale noted that the company...

ITAT Cannot Overstep Its Authority By Deciding On Merits When It Had Already Concluded Appeal Was Not Maintainable: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court stated that ITAT cannot overstep its authority by deciding on merits when it has already concluded an appeal was not maintainable. The Division Bench of Justices M.S. Sonak and Jitendra Jain observed that “Once the ITAT concluded that the Appeal before it against the impugned communication/order was not “maintainable”, there was no question of...

14 Y/O Girl Had 'Sufficient Knowledge & Capacity' To Understand Her Actions: Bombay HC Grants Bail To POCSO Accused

The Bombay High Court on Monday granted bail to a 24-year-old man booked for raping a 14-year-old minor girl, noting that the victim had 'sufficient knowledge' and 'capacity' to know the 'full import of her actions' as she 'voluntarily' stayed with the accused for 4 days. In its 10-page order, a bench of Justice Milind Jadhav considered the statements of the victim wherein she said...

Volkswagen Imports Upto 99.7 Per Cent Parts Of Cars, Can't Play Victim Card: Customs Dept Tells Bombay High Court

While justifying its demand of $1.4 billion customs from Skoda Auto Volkswagen India, the Customs Authority on Thursday told the Bombay High Court that the German automaker was importing upto 99.7 per cent of the parts of various models of cars to its manufacturing plant in Aurangabad and thus were effectively importing an entire car itself. A division bench of Justices Burgess Colabawalla...

'Not In Solitary Confinement': Bombay HC Dismisses German Bakery Blast Convict's Plea For Transfer To General Barrack In Nashik Jail

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (February 18) dismissed the petition filed by Mirza Himayat Baig, one of the prime convicts in the German Bakery Blast Case, seeking a directive to the jail authorities to shift him from the 'Anda Cell' a high security risk barrack to the general barrack of the Nashik Central Jail. A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Dr Neela Gokhale held that...

1993 Bombay Blasts Case: Abu Salem Moves Bombay High Court Seeking 'Premature Release'

Underworld gangster Abu Salem, one of the prime convicts in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case, has moved the Bombay High Court seeking remission and premature release from the prison at Taloja, where he is serving his life sentence for his role in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case. The gangster, through advocate Farhana Shah mentioned his plea before a division bench of Justices Sarang Kotwal...

Members Of Maharashtra SC & ST Commission Appointed, Commission Functional: State Tells Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has disposed of a PIL that sought the appointment of Chairman and Members to the Maharashtra State Commission of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, noting that the State government has appointed the members.A division bench of Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Arif S. Doctor took note of the State's affidavit indicating that the Chairman and 2 members have been...

Consider Enabling Citizens To Rely On Documents Of Mother's Caste For Adopting Her Caste: Bombay High Court Tells Maha Government

The Bombay High Court recently ordered the Maharashtra government to consider if a clause in 'exceptional circumstances' can be introduced in the 'Aaple Sarkar' the official portal, to enable a citizen, seeking a caste certificate based on the social status of his or her mother, to upload documents of their mother's social status.'Aaple Sarkar' is the official website of the State...

Dispute Over Demand Of $1.4 Billion Import Duty From Volkswagen Will Not Affect Its Production In India: Customs Dept Tells Bombay HC

The dispute with regard to the demand for USD 1.4 billion import duty from Skoda Auto Volkswagen India has not and will not affect the German company's production in the country, the Customs Department told the Bombay High Court on Monday.A division bench of Justices Burgess Colabawalla and Firdosh Pooniwalla recorded the statement made by Additional Solicitor General N Venkatraman, who told...

Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: February 10 – February 16, 2025

2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 51 to 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 65Nominal Index:Ashok S/O Ruprao Yende vs. Bar Council Of India, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 51Shyamkumar Tulsilal Warnawal vs State of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 52Adani Electricity Mumbai Infra Ltd vs, Union Of India & Ors, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 53Ritik Millil vs State of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 54Ruzbeh Dossabhoy Raja vs. State of...

'Long Incarceration Can Damage Undertrial's Mental Health, Lead To Drug Abuse': Bombay HC Grants Bail To Murder Accused In Jail For Over 9 Yrs

The Bombay High Court on Friday (February 14) while granting bail to a man who spent more than nine years in jail, stressed on the long-term negative effects due to long incarceration on the physical and mental health of an individual.Justice Milind Jadhav noted that the applicant Ganesh Mendarkar spent nine years and twenty five days in jail on a charge of murder, while the co-accused in...