Bombay High Court
'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 Directorate (ED) in November 2025, had underwent at least three surgeries since 2022, which include a...
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 Acting Chief Justice Ravindra Ghuge and Justice Gautam Ankhad was informed that the CM along with...
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 be sustained.A Division Bench comprising Justice Bharati Dangre and Justice Manjusha Deshpande was hearing the...
'Not A Single Student Should Lose Their Life': Bombay High Court Directs Medical Care For Pune Tribal Students On 15-Day Hunger Strike
The Bombay High Court on Saturday directed the Maharashtra Government to ensure immediate medical care for tribal students in Pune who have been on hunger strike for the last 15 days, after it was informed that the health of one of the protesting students had deteriorated.“We do not want a single student to lose his or her life,” Acting Chief Justice Ravindra Ghuge remarked as the...
Inherently Determinable Contract Cannot Be Specifically Enforced; Interim Injunction Also Cannot Protect Such Contracts: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that a contract which is inherently determinable cannot be specifically enforced and, consequently, an interim injunction cannot be granted to protect such a contract. The Court observed that when the MOU was determinable by its very nature, specific performance of the same could not be insisted upon.Justice Aarti Sathe was hearing an Appeal from Order filed...
'Should Give Chance To Young Offenders To Reform': Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against Man For 'Brandishing Sword'; Imposes ₹10K Costs
The Bombay High Court recently while quashing a First Information Report (FIR) lodged against a 'young man' for 'brandishing' a sword in a neighbourhood quarrel, held that Courts must give an opportunity to such young accused persons for their reformation and rehabilitation. The High Court also imposed a cost of Rs 10,000 on the young man to 'give out a strong message' to the young citizens...