Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 13 To April 19, 2026

Nominal Index [2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 182 to 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 196]Mangesh vs State of Maharashtra, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 182Vidyut Metallics Employees Union vs Vidyut Metallics Private Limited, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 183Nivara Infradevelopers LLP vs Union of India, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 184GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited vs Suhas Shankar Pagare, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 185Vinayak Vasudev Tilak Decd vs...

Bombay High Court Asks Centre To Decide Plea For Posthumously Conferring Padma Vibhushan On Olympian Khashaba Jadhav

The Bombay High Court last week ordered the Central Government to decide if it would confer the Padma Vibhushan Award on former wrestler Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav, posthumously, by May 4.Jadhav is the first Indian athlete to win a medal in Olympics in individual category. He had bagged a bronze medal in freestyle wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Olympics.A division bench of Justice...

S.294 CrPC Mandatory, Trial Court Cannot Reject Admission Or Denial Of Documents On Ground Of Relevance: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that Section 294 CrPC is mandatory and the Trial Court cannot reject an application seeking to call upon the opposite party to admit or deny documents merely on the ground of relevancy. The Court observed that once documents are brought on record in accordance with law, the Court is bound to follow the statutory procedure of calling upon the other party to admit...

Bombay High Court Rejects PIL Claiming Misuse Of Taxpayers' Money On RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat's Z+ Security

The Bombay High Court today dismissed a PIL that raised questions over the Z Plus security provided to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat and sought recovery of tax payers' money claiming that RSS is an "unregistered" organisation. Sitting at the Nagpur seat, a division bench headed by Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar dismissed the PIL filed by one Lalan Kishore Singh,...

Pharma Pricing Authority Cannot Equate 'Sustained Release' With 'Controlled Release' Drug To Fix Ceiling Prices Without Notification: Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court has held that the authority cannot equate 'sustained release' with 'controlled release' formulations to fix ceiling prices in the absence of a specific notification covering such formulations. The Court observed that a demand raised after more than a decade, without explanation and without affording a proper opportunity, violates principles of natural justice and cannot...

'Housing Society Cannot Decide Title' : Bombay High Court Orders Co-operative Society To Grant Membership

Observing that a co-operative housing society is not a forum constituted for adjudicating title disputes, the Bombay High Court on Friday (April 18) ordered a suburban Malad based housing society to grant membership to a man, who was denied the same citing the existence of multiple legal heirs of his parents. Single-judge Justice Amit Borkar upheld the order passed on November 13, 2014 by...

Bombay High Court Seeks Centre's Response On PIL Seeking Inclusion Of SSPE In Rare Diseases Policy

The Bombay High Court on Friday ordered the Central Government to clarify its stance on a public interest litigation (PIL) highlighting the sufferings of the families and also the patients diagnosed with a rare neurodegenerative disease called - Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis (SSPE), which is caused by mutated measles virus.A division bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and...

Bombay High Court Protects Personality Rights Of Kartik Aryan, Directs Take Down Of AI-Generated & Disparaging Content

The Bombay High Court, while protecting the 'personality rights' of Bollywood actor Kartik Aryan, observed that the Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated content with regard to the actor is, prima facie, obscene and disparages his reputation and lowers his brand value. Single-judge Justice Sharmila Deshmukh, on April 15, passed an interim order protecting Aryan's personality rights and...

Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against COVID "Infected" Doctor Booked For Not Getting Admitted In Quarantine Centre

The Bombay High Court recently quashed a First Information Report (FIR) lodged against a doctor during the Covid-19 lockdown, who despite being infected by the virus failed to get himself admitted in a Covid Centre despite a clear order to him to come to the said facility for treatment. Single-judge Justice Urmila Joshi-Phalke quashed the FIR lodged against Dr. Bhagwandas Shankardas Zawar...

Contribution Of Working Mothers In Raising Child Alone Cannot Be Measured In Money: Bombay High Court Doubles Child's Maintenance

Observing that the efforts of a mother single-handedly raising a child cannot be value in terms of money, the Bombay High Court recently held that even if the wife is earning but has the custody of the child, the husband will have to pay for the expenses of the child and cannot shirk off from his responsibility. Sitting at the Nagpur seat, single-judge Justice Urmila Joshi-Phalke while...

"Shocking Misconduct": Bombay High Court Directs Bar Council To Act Against Advocate For Misleading Court & Party

The Bombay High Court recently asked the Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa (BCMG) to initiate appropriate proceedings against advocate Santosh Damodar Chande for putting in appearance for private persons without any authority and also for misleading the court. A division bench of Justice Anil Kilor and Justice Nivedita Mehta ordered the BCM to take action against Chande for, what it...

Child Care Leave Policy Protects Motherhood, Denying It Violates Rights Of Mother And Her Child : Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court today (April 16) said that the legislation by brining in the Child Care Leave (CCL) policy has acknowledged the contribution of a woman to familial stability, her role in nurturing her children and thus, the Government must ensure that the policy is properly implemented to secure its objects. Single-judge Justice Dr Neela Gokhale said that by granting the CCL to women...