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 Maharashtra & Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 55Maharashtra Public Service Commission Versus Vast India Pvt. Ltd., 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 56Gunwant Tarachand Jain @ Nikesh Madhani vs State of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 57Dharmendra Kumar vs. Union of India, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension, Department of Personnel & Ors, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 58Datta Ranba Adode v.s State Of Maharashtra And Ors, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 59Lords Inn Hotels and Resorts Versus Pushpam Resorts LLP and Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 60Executive Engineer National Highway Division Versus Sanjay Shankar Surve & Ors, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 61Keller Ground Engineering India Private Limited Versus Archon Powerinfra India Pvt. Ltd. & Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 62Mohammed Ajaan Khan vs State of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 63Hindustan Unilever Limited vs. Ashok Kumar Unknown Persons in Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 64Ganesh Mendarkar vs State of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 65Judgments/Final Orders:"Why Shouldn't BCl Check?": Bombay High Court Refuses To Entertain PIL Challenging Circular On Criminal Background Checks For Law StudentsCase title: Ashok S/O Ruprao Yende vs. Bar Council Of India Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 51While hearing a PIL challenging a Bar Council of India Circular mandating a criminal background check system for law students, the Bombay High Court on Monday (February 10) orally remarked that it did not find anything illegal with the circular before dismissing the petition as withdrawn.Remarking that the petitioner was “foreclosing the right of aggrieved persons”, the Court orally remarked that it would impose heavy costs on the petitioner. The petitioner then sought the liberty to withdraw the petition. The Court thus dismissed the petition as withdrawn.Bombay High Court Quashes Criminal Case Against Nestle India For Allegedly Making Maggi With 'Substandard Materials'Case Title: Shyamkumar Tulsilal Warnawal vs State of Maharashtra Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 52The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court recently quashed a criminal case lodged against Nestle India for using "substandard" materials for producing "Maggi" and breaching the provisions of the Food Safety Standards (FSS) Act.The company was also facing criminal proceedings for violations of the regulations provided under the Food Safety Standards (Food Product Standards and Additives) Regulations 2011 and also the Food Safety Standards (Contaminants, Toxins and Residues) Regulations, 2011.Bombay High Court Permits Adani Electricity To Cut Mangroves For Power Transmission Project Near Vasai CreekCase title: Adani Electricity Mumbai Infra Ltd vs, Union Of India & Ors Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 53The Bombay High Court has permitted Adani Electricity Mumbai Infra Ltd to cut 209 mangroves for setting up an electricity transmission line near the Vasai creek for the supply of electricity to Mumbai and the suburbs around it.The Court remarked the HVDC project is critical for Mumbai as the existing capacity of the transmission corridor is not sufficient to carry further power into the city and that the project would enable additional power to be supplied to Mumbai to meet the increasing energy demands of the city.Bombay High Court Grants 'A Chance' To Rape Accused To 'Reform and Repent'; Grants Bail To Man Booked For Raping Minor CousinCase Title: Ritik Millil vs State of Maharashtra Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 54The Bombay High Court recently while granting bail to a 20-year-old man booked for raping his minor cousin, said it wants to give a chance to the accused to 'repent, retrospect' and 'be remorseful.'Single-judge Justice Milind Jadhav said when the accused undertrials are 'young' then the courts must 'take a chance' by adapting to a 'reformative' approach instead of a 'punitive' approach.Bombay HC Disposes PIL Over Cyber Attacks On Official State Websites, Notes Petitioner Willing To Give Suggestions To Cyber DepartmentCase title: Ruzbeh Dossabhoy Raja vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors. Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 55The Bombay High Court has disposed of a PIL concerning cyber-attacks impacting the official websites of the State government and its departments, noting that the petitioner is willing to provide suggestions to the concerned authorities on preventing cyber attacks on State government websites.Mandate Of Facilitation Council Is Not Terminated Even If It Fails To Render Award Within 90 Days U/S 18(5) Of MSME Act: Bombay High CourtCase Title: Maharashtra Public Service Commission Versus Vast India Pvt. Ltd.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 56The Bombay High Court bench of Justice ...

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

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