Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 19 - January 25, 2026

Nominal Index [Citations 2026, LiveLaw (Bom) 27 to 2026, LiveLaw (Bom) 41]XYZ vs State of Maharashtra, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 27Ambernath Vikas Aghadi vs State of Maharashtra, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 28Ramesh Dada Kalel vs State of Maharashtra, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 29Yusuf Khan s/o Bahadur Khan vs State of Maharashtra, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 30Dr Mohinder Kumar vs The Chairman, NABARD, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 31Rahul Sambhu Kabade vs Subhashsingh Surajsingh Thakur, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 32Digant Parekh (HUF) vs Akruti Kailash Construction, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 33Seetabai Pandharinath Temghare vs Union of India, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 34HDFC Ergo General Insurance Co. Ltd. vs Adil Lutfi Peters, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 35Kapil vs Union of India, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 36Rushikesh @ Monya Shamrao Waghere vs Commissioner of Police, Pimpri Chinchwad, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 37Rushikesh @ Monya Shamrao Waghere vs Commissioner of Police, Pimpri Chinchwad, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 38Ramesh Gaichor vs NIA, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 39Ashwani vs State of Maharashtra, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 40Sailappan Sodali Muthu vs The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 41Judgments & FInal OrdersImmoral Traffic Prevention Act | Major Victim Can't Be Detained In Protective Home Only For Lack Of Family: Bombay High CourtCase Title: XYZ vs State of MaharashtraCitation: 2026, LiveLaw (Bom) 27The Bombay High Court while observing that the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 is not meant to punish victims of sexual exploitation, ordered the release of a woman who was rescued during a police raid and was sent into the custody of a protection home on the ground that she has not source of income, nor family and thus she may again indulge in 'immoral' activities.Ambernath Municipal Council: Bombay High Court Orders Collector To Decide Afresh On Alliances Of BJP-Congress, Shinde Sena-NCPCase Title: Ambernath Vikas Aghadi vs State of MaharashtraCitation: 2026, LiveLaw (Bom) 28In a bid to settle the political chaos in Ambernath Municipal Council (AMC), the Bombay High Court on Monday directed the Collector of Thane to decide afresh, recognising an alliance, either of the Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde Faction) along with the Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar Faction) or that of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) along with the 12 'expelled' but elected Councillors of the Congress party and the NCP.Over-Emphasis On Accused's Rights Risks Undermining Rights Of Victim, Courts Must Strike Balance: Bombay High Court In POCSO CaseCase Title: Ramesh Dada Kalel vs State of MaharashtraCitation: 2026, LiveLaw (Bom) 29The Bombay High Court on Monday, while upholding a man's conviction and life sentence for raping a minor girl, bemoaned the 'danger' of 'over-emphasis' on the rights of the accused while 'ignoring' the rights of the victim. A division bench of Justice Manish Pitale and Justice Manjusha Deshpande highlighted the fact that it is the victim, who sets the criminal law into motion and yet the rights of the victim are often ignored completely.'Meant To Strike Terror': Bombay High Court Denies Bail To Vet Accused In Amravati Murder Over Nupur Sharma PostCase Title: Yusuf Khan s/o Bahadur Khan vs State of MaharashtraCitation: 2026, LiveLaw (Bom) 30While denying bail to one of the prime accused in the 2022 brutal murder of pharmacist Umesh Kolhe by a group of Muslim men over his support to the controversial statements made by former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma against Prophet Mohammed, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday held that the offence was heinous, and strikes at the conscious of the society.POSH Act | Once Allegation Not Proved, No Action Can Follow: Bombay High Court Quashes Reprimand For Videographing ColleaguesCase Title: Dr Mohinder Kumar vs The Chairman, NABARDCitation: 2026, LiveLaw (Bom) 31The Bombay High Court last week, came to the rescue of an employee of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), who challenged the penalty of 'Reprimand' imposed on him by the Central Complaints Committee (CCC) for 'video recording' his female colleagues who often 'disturbed' the working hours by 'sitting together, giggling, gossiping and singing.'Bombay High Court Deprecates Practise Of Litigants Blaming Advocates For Delay In Proceedings Without MaterialCase Title: Rahul Sambhu Kabade vs Subhashsingh Surajsingh ThakurCitation: 2026, LiveLaw (Bom) 32The Bombay High Court while refusing to condone the delay of 203 days in filing a first appeal challenging a trial court's order, deprecated the practice of litigants blaming advocates for the delay without making the said advocate a party and without initiating any action against the said lawyer.Pending Civil Suit Over Agreement For Sale Does Not Bar Deemed Membership In Co-Operative Society: Bombay High CourtCase Title: Digant Parekh (HUF) vs Akruti Kailash ConstructionCitation: 2026, LiveLaw (Bom) 33The Bombay High Court held that the mere pendency of a civil suit relating to the enforcement of an agreement for sale...

Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 19 - January 25, 2026

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