Bombay High Court
'UK Law Degree Recognised By BCI For Enrolment Cannot Serve As 'First Degree' For Admission To 3-Year LLB In India': Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that a three-year undergraduate law degree obtained from a foreign university, merely by reason of its recognition by the Bar Council of India for the purposes contemplated under the regulatory framework governing foreign law degrees, cannot be treated as the qualifying “First Degree” for admission to the three-year LL.B. course in India. The Court further held that recognition of a foreign law degree for one statutory purpose cannot, by implication, confer...
Bombay High Court Upholds Quashing Of Process Issued Against BJP's Mangal Prabhat Lodha In 2007 Cheating Case
The Bombay High Court on Monday (August 18) upheld an order passed by Magistrate in October 2008 quashing the process issued against BJP leader and Maharashtra's Cabinet Minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha in a 2007 case of alleged cheating and fraud with respect to development of certain properties in Thane district. Single-judge Justice Milind Jadhav found that the complaint filed by one...
Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act Cannot Be Invoked To Acquire Private Land For Connector Road Where No Public Street Exists: High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that Sections 297 and 299 of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888 cannot be invoked to take possession of private land where there is no existing public street over the portion sought to be acquired. The Court further held that the statutory power under Sections 297 and 299 cannot be extended to an exercise which would substantially and actually dismember an existing factory.A Division Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge and Justice Gautam...
Prior Permission U/S 83 Registration Act Not Mandatory For Prosecution, Private Complaint Maintainable: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that prior permission under Section 83 of the Registration Act, 1908 is not mandatory for initiating proceedings under the Act. The Court observed that it is open to a private individual to file a complaint, as the language of Section 83 is permissive and not mandatory.Justice Ranjitsinha Raja Bhonsale was hearing an application under Section 482 CrPC seeking quashing of an FIR registered for an offence under Section 82 of the Registration Act, to which Sections...
'Court Cannot Decide If Savarkar Was Brave Or Coward' : Researcher Moves Bombay High Court Seeking Stay On Rahul Gandhi's Trial
After a Special MP/MLA Court in Pune rejected his plea to intervene in the ongoing criminal defamation case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for allegedly defaming right-wing ideologue Vinayak Savarkar, Pankaj Phadnis has moved the Bombay High Court claiming that the special court is dealing with issues far outside its jurisdiction and is trying to determine whether Savarkar was brave or a coward. Phadnis, a professor by profession, claims to have 'expert knowledge' about...
Candidate Meeting Notified Disability Criteria Cannot Be Disqualified For Having Additional Learning Disability: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that a candidate who meets the notified disability criteria for the post of Officer Grade 'B' cannot be held ineligible merely because he additionally has a learning disability. A Division Bench comprising Justice G. S. Kulkarni and Justice Aarti A. Sathe was hearing a writ petition filed challenging the Reserve Bank of India's rejection of the petitioner's candidature for the post of Officer in Grade B (DR)-General. The petitioner contended that the rejection is...
Goa Night Club Fire Incident: Bombay High Court Cancels Bail Granted To Restaurant Owners
Observing that the Sessions Court failed to apply its mind and improperly exercised its discretion, the Bombay High Court on August 18 cancelled the bail granted to Sourabh Luthra, Gaurav Luthra and Ajay Gupta the co-owners of the Birch By Romeo Lane, a prominent nightclub in North Goa's Arpora area, which was engulfed in massive fire killing 25 people. Sitting at the Goa bench, single-judge Justice Dr Neela Gokhale while cancelling the bail has now ordered the trio to surrender before the...
Speaking On Harmful Effects Of Excessive Pesticide Use In Public Interest Not Defamation: Bombay High Court Quashes Cases Against Doctors
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (August 18) quashed a First Information Report (FIR) lodged against two doctors, way back in 2015 under charges of criminal defamation for speaking in Aamir Khan's 'Satyamev Jayate' show, about toxic food poison and also about fruits and vegetables having abnormally high levels of pesticide residues thereby causing “folic acid” deficiency in pregnant...
Narendra Dabholkar Murder Case: Bombay High Court Grants Bail To Alleged Shooter Sachin Andure
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (August 18) while granting bail and suspending the life sentence awarded to right-wing extremist Sachin Andure, a prime convict in the murder case of rationalist Dr Narendra Dabholkar, who was shot dead in August 2013, held that the evidence against him was very weak which could even result in his acquittal in appeal.A division bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal...
LiveLaw Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 10 to August 16, 2026
Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 371 to 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 384Nominal Index:Project Revolt LLP vs Bureau of Indian Standards, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 371Rohit Abhijit Oze vs State of Maharashtra, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 372Prashant Vasantrao Salunkhe vs Union of India, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 373Aniruddha Gaurav Gursal vs State of Maharashtra, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 374State of Maharashtra vs Anil Shridhar...
Bombay High Court Directs Probate Grants To Be Issued Within 2 Weeks Of Court Order, Bars Subsequent Caveats
The Bombay High Court has directed officers exercising functions under its Testamentary and Intestate Jurisdiction to, henceforth, restrict orders directing issuance of grants to a direction to issue the grant, without making it subject to verification of whether any cross Petition or Caveat has been filed. The Court further directed that all grants be issued no later than two weeks from the...