SC's One-Time Protection From Detention For Low Attendance Applies To Law Students Of All Semesters, Not Just Final Year: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has clarified that the Supreme Court judgment providing "one-time protection" to law students, who were prevented from appearing in their exams during the academic year of 2025-2026, will apply to students missing any of the semester-end exams and not be confined only to "final exams."A division bench of Justice Riyaz Chagla and Justice Farhan Dubash refused to accept...

Bombay High Court Constitutes Committee To Examine Kopeshwar Temple Restoration Works, 'Humongous' Expenditure On Unrelated Projects

The Bombay High Court recently constituted a committee of five advocates to visit the 12th Century built historic Kopeshwar Temple in Khidrapur, Kolhapur and conduct an independent fact-finding exercise to ascertain the present status of the temple's infrastructure so that the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) could be asked to take proper steps for the resurrection of the said temple....

Bombay High Court Seeks FSSAI's Response To Pleas Challenging Ban On Old Monk & McDowell's Rum; No Interim Relief

The Bombay High Court on Monday (August 10) granted the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) time till August 24 to respond to petitions filed by the manufacturers of Old Monk and McDowell's No. 1 Celebration Matured Rum, challenging orders prohibiting the manufacture and sale of fresh stocks of the two products.A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Ravindra Ghuge...

LiveLaw Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 3 to August 9, 2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 361 to 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 370Nominal Index:Kannamwar Co-Op. Hsg. Soc. Association Ltd. vs Union of India, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 361Kiran Vasantrao Rajwade vs State of Maharashtra, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 362Nitin Jairam Gadkari vs Meta Platforms, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 363Prasad Kashiram Bade vs State of Maharashtra, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 364MOIL Janshakti Mazdoor Sangh vs Union...

Bombay High Court Justice Gautam Ankhad Recuses From Hearing Pleas Challenging Public Safety Act Over Claims Of Stifling Free Speech

Bombay High Court judge Justice Gautam Ankhad on Monday (August 10) recused himself from hearing a bunch of petitions filed by the Indian National Congress (INC), the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) and also the Communist Party of India (Marxist) challenging the constitutional validity of the Maharashtra Special Public Security Act, (MSPSA) 2025 The three political parties have argued...

Drunken Driving | 0.1mg Above Prescribed Alcohol Limit Not Enough To Face Criminal Trial: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has quashed an FIR registered against a 25-year-old student for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol, holding that subjecting him to a criminal trial when his breath alcohol reading was only 0.1 mg above the statutory limit would amount to an abuse of the judicial process.Single-judge Justice Ashwin Bhobe quashed an FIR lodged against the Petitioner under...

'Helmets Not Compliant With Indian Standards Cannot Be Sold': Bombay High Court Allows Return Of Imported Helmets, Bars Sale In Market

The Bombay High Court has held that helmets which do not conform to the Indian Standards prescribed under the Quality Control Order, 2020 cannot be permitted to be sold or used after June 1, 2021, even if they were imported before the said date. The Court, however, permitted that the seized helmets be returned to the petitioner subject to the condition that they shall be destructed/disposed of...

Bombay High Court Directs BCI To Scrutinise & Clear Pending Affiliation Approvals For Law Colleges

The Bombay High Court has directed the Bar Council of India (BCI) to forthwith scrutinize and process the applications submitted by four law colleges seeking approval and, if the applications are found in order, grant the necessary approvals by August 6, 2026. The Court further directed the Directorate of Higher Education, Pune to verify the approvals and include the approved colleges in...

Old Monk, McDowell Rum Manufacturers Moves Bombay High Court Against FSSAI Order Prohibiting Sale

After the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) prohibited the manufacture and sale of fresh stocks of McDowell's No. 1 Celebration Matured Rum and Old Monk, their manufacturers have approached the Bombay High Court challenging the validity of the prohibition orders.A Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Ravindra Ghuge and Justice Gautam Ankhad on Friday agreed to hear...

Permitting Universities To Question Degrees Conferred By Other Varsities Will Create 'Anarchy And Chaos' In Education System: Bombay High Court

Permitting one educational institution to question the degrees conferred by another such institution would lead to anarchy and chaos in the education system of the country, held the Bombay High Court while quashing orders passed by the popular Shivaji University in Kolhapur, which refused to approve the recruitment of a Computer Science professor on the ground that the PhD degree he held was...

OCI Cardholder Parent Entitled To Remedies Under Senior Citizens Act; Citizenship Not Mandatory: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholder is entitled to invoke the remedies available under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, if the other statutory conditions are satisfied. The Court observed that the beneficial object of the Act would be better served by adopting an interpretation that advances the protection...

Permanent Debarment Of Auditor From Future Empanelment Not Permissible Under Maharashtra Co-Operative Societies Act: High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that neither the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 nor the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Rules, 1961 contemplate permanently debarring an auditor from future empanelment merely because his name was removed from an earlier panel. The Court further held that a clause in the Commissioner's Circular imposing such a permanent disqualification...