Bombay High Court
Hanuman Chalisa Case: Bombay High Court Asks State To Clarify If FIR Against Navneet, Ravi Rana Was Registered Before Police Went To Arrest Them
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday (September 2) directed the Maharashtra Government to file an affidavit clarifying when exactly it lodged the First Information Report (FIR) against former MP and now BJP leader Navneet Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana, in connection with their 2022 call for reciting Hanuman Chalisa outside the personal residence of then Chief Minister Uddhav...
Delayed Birth Registration Beyond One Year Can Only Be Ordered By Judicial Magistrate First Class: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that a birth which has not been registered within one year of its occurrence can be registered only on an order of a Judicial Magistrate of the First Class under Section 13(3) of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969. The Court observed that an Executive Magistrate or Mamlatdar cannot exercise jurisdiction for delayed registration beyond one year, and struck down Rule 9 of the Madhya Pradesh Rules providing for the same.Justice Valmiki Menezes was...
Nitin Gadkari E20 Deepfakes: Bombay High Court Directs X To Comply With Takedown Order, Directs Platforms To Remove Fresh Content
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday (September 2) reiterated its order directing social media platforms to take down the deepfake, AI videos linking senior BJP leader and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari with the controversial Ethanol-blended fuel policy. The High Court has also ordered the platforms to further take down more objectionable content, which has freshly been highlighted by Gadkari. Single-judge Justice Arif Doctor noted that despite a clear order passed on August 5, some of the...
'Glaring Discrepancies In Police Investigation, More Questions Than Answers': Bombay High Court While Ordering CBI Probe Into Disha Salian Death
The Bombay High Court while ordering a CBI investigation into the alleged 'suspicious' death of Disha Salian, the former manager of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, took into account the multiple and grave discrepancies in the initial investigation carried out by the Mumbai Police. A division bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal and Justice Ranjitsinha Bhonsale while taking note of the...
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...
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...
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...
'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...
"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...