Bombay High Court
Disha Salian Death: Bombay High Court Orders CBI Probe; Says No One To Be Treated As Accused Without Sufficient Material
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday (September 2) ordered CBI investigation in the death of Disha Salian, former manager of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who died in alleged mysterious circumstances by falling from the 14th floor of a high-rise in suburban Malad in June 2020.A division bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal and Justice Ranjitsinha Bhonsale, while dealing with a petition filed by her father Satish Salian, ordered the CBI to appoint a senior and an experienced officer to carry out the...
Court Fees Payable 'Per Petitioner', Not 'Per Petition' If Joint Plea Espouses Individual Causes Of Action: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that separate court fees are payable “per Petitioner” and not “per Petition” when individual causes of action of multiple petitioners are sought to be espoused through a joint writ petition. The Court observed that where a “same” or “common” cause of action is espoused, and the relief benefits the group as a whole, payment of one set of court fees would suffice.Justice Sandeep V. Marne was considering an Interim Application filed seeking a declaration that the...
Coparcener Can Orally Relinquish Rights In Ancestral Property Without Written Registered Document: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that a coparcener can orally relinquish his or her share in ancestral property in favour of another coparcener, without executing a written instrument or getting it registered. The Court, however, clarified that such relinquishment has to be proved by the person asserting it and cannot be presumed merely from a document executed for deletion of the coparcener's name from revenue records. Justice Sandeep V. Marne was hearing a second appeal filed by a man...
Slum Dwellers Have No Fundamental Right To In-Situ Rehabilitation When Alternate Accommodation Is Provided: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that slum dwellers cannot insist on in-situ rehabilitation on the land of a developer when permanent alternate accommodation is being offered to them. The Court observed that mere right of rehabilitation cannot be recognized to be equivalent to a right of ownership. A Division Bench of Justice Suman Shyam and Justice Advait M. Sethna was hearing a writ petition filed by slum dwellers challenging the allotment of permanent alternate accommodation in Bhandup and...
'Generic' Allegations: Bombay High Court Grants Bail To Ex-Reliance Communications Executive In Loan Fraud Case
The Bombay High Court has granted bail to Vishwanath Rao, the former Senior Vice President of the Reliance Communications group, who was booked in Rs 19,694.33 crore loan default case by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).Single-judge Justice Milind Jadhav noted that the CBI has failed to bring on record any direct evidence against Rao indicating that he played an active role in the loan default case.The judge noted that Rao worked as a Senior VP and Joint President of the Reliance...
"Qualitative Difference" In Treatment Given To Undertrial Prisoners & Free Citizens: Bombay High Court Grants Medical Bail In PMLA Case
The Bombay High Court while granting medical bail to a businessman booked in a Rs 137 crore money laundering case, held that there is a 'qualitative' difference in the treatment given to an undertrial in jail barracks and the one given to a citizen under no restraint. Single-judge Justice Milind Jadhav noted that the businessman Ushik Mahesh Gala, who was arrested by the Enforcement...
LiveLaw Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 24 to August 30, 2026
Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 400 to 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 410Nominal IndexBaburao Gangadhar Jadhav vs State of Maharashtra, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 400Securities and Exchange Board of India vs Yogesh Babulal Mehta, 2026 LiveLaw 401Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation vs Mohan Shriram Nimdeokar, 2026 LiveLaw 402State of Maharashtra vs Unique Identification Authority of India, 2026...
After Tribal Students' Hunger Strike, Bombay High Court To Monitor Ashram School Infrastructure Across Maharashtra Through PIL
The Maharashtra Government on Monday (August 31) told the Bombay High Court that the nearly 17-day hunger strike observed by tribal students at Pune's Manjari area over poor facilities at the Ashram Schools across the State, particularly the ones in tribal belt, has come an end, after the representatives of the protesting students met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. A division bench of...
Bombay High Court Quashes Port Authority's Retrospective Rent Hikes, Mandates Fair Rates & Rejects Profiteering-Based Land Valuation
The Bombay High Court has allowed a batch of 145 writ petitions challenging the revision of rents by the Mumbai Port Authority. The Court held that the rates fixed under the “compromise proposals” upheld by the Supreme Court in Jamshed Hormusji Wadia's case would govern the petitioners up to March 31, 2024. It further held that the subsequent retrospective fixation of rates could not...
