Bombay High Court
Breaking | Bombay High Court Refuses To Quash Criminal Defamation Case Against Rahul Gandhi Over 'Chowkidar Chor' Comment
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (September 8) refused to quash the criminal defamation case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his alleged remarks describing Prime Minister Narendra Modi as “Choro Ke Sardar” and “Commander-in-Thief”.Gandhi had challenged Magistrate court summons in the case and argued that the complaint filed by a BJP worker was not maintainabile. He claiming that he had not named the party and that no “identifiable or definite class” had been targeted, in the...
Suspension Of Food Business Licence Must End On Rectifying Deficiencies, Can't Force Them Into Litigation: High Court To Maharashtra FDA
After noting a pattern of the Maharashtra Food & Drugs Administration (FDA) in dealing with cases of licence suspensions of establishments, the Bombay High Court recently made it clear that once an establishment, whose licence has been suspended by the authority, rectifies the deficiencies and an autogenerated report indicates compliance, the authority must revoke the suspension. A...
'Violation Of Fundamental Rights': Bombay High Court Directs ₹2 Lakh Compensation To Man Detained Without Notice, Grounds Of Arrest
The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to pay Rs. 2 Lakh as compensation to a 26-year-old man who was arrested without being informed of the grounds of arrest or being issued a proper notice. A Division Bench of Justice Urmila Joshi-Phalke and Justice Raj D. Wakode reiterated the well-settled principle that High Courts under Article 226 of...
Centre Notifies Appointments Of Chief Justices At Eight High Courts
The Central Government on Saturday (September 5) notified appointments of Chief Justices at eight High Courts. Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal took to X (formerly Twitter) to notify the appointments: "In exercise of the power conferred by the Constitution of India, in consultation with the Chief Justice of India, the President is pleased to appoint the following High Court Judges as...
Dependent Mother Cannot Be Denied Family Pension Merely Because She Has Other Surviving Children: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court's Circuit Bench at Kolhapur has held that a dependent mother of a deceased “single” government employee cannot be denied family pension solely on the ground that she has other surviving children, if those children are not in a position to provide her economic sustenance. The Division Bench of Justice Milind N. Jadhav and Justice Nandesh S. Deshpande allowed the...
MBBS Student Cannot Have More Than Four Attempts For First Year Exams: Bombay High Court Dismisses Student's Plea
The Bombay High Court has held that a student pursuing the First Professional MBBS course cannot be permitted more than four attempts for the first year, irrespective of the subjects in which the student appeared in each attempt. The Court accordingly dismissed a petition filed by an MBBS student seeking permission to appear for the Anatomy examination for the fourth time, holding that she...
Bombay High Court Quashes ₹100 Crore Freezing Of Coda Payments Accounts, Says PMLA Authority Failed To Record Mandatory Findings
The Bombay High Court has set aside the freezing of the bank accounts and payment aggregator/payment gateway accounts of Coda Payments India Pvt. Ltd., amounting to approximately ₹100 crores, holding that the Adjudicating Authority failed to record the mandatory finding under Section 8(2) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA). The Court further held that where the...
Person Receiving Pension Not Entitled To Maintenance Under Senior Citizens Act: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that a senior citizen who is receiving regular pension as well as family pension and is able to maintain himself does not fall within the meaning of Section 4 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007. The Court highlighted that the Act was brought on the statute book to provide for appropriate mechanism to be set up to...
'Merit Can Never Be Compromised': Bombay High Court Objects To 'Pick & Choose' Policy In Medical Fee Reimbursement Scheme
The Bombay High Court has strongly criticised the State authorities' “pick and choose” method while implementing a one-time scheme for reimbursement of fees to students who lost admission to Government or Aided medical colleges due to the application of EWS and SEBC reservation. The Court held that the petitioners were entitled to the benefit of the Government Resolution dated...
Outsider's Alienation Of Joint Family Property Cannot Be Challenged In Partition Suit Between Coparceners: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that an alienation of joint family property made by an outsider cannot be made a subject matter of a partition suit between the members of the joint family. The Court observed that whether the outsider had title to pass on to the purchaser cannot be decided in a suit for partition of the joint family properties.Justice Sandeep V. Marne was hearing a writ...
'Reached Moon But Caste System Continues': Bombay High Court Slams Maharashtra For Manual Scavenging, Quashes Policy Absolving State
In a strongly worded order, the Bombay High Court has criticised the continued practice of 'manual scavenging' stating that even while India has reached the other side of the Moon, yet the social evil of 'caste system' is still followed in our country and this hard reality stares us in the face, which forces citizens to do work that is 'below' human dignity. A division bench of Justice...