Bombay High Court
Bombay High Court Directs State To Ensure Protection For Justice Gautam Patel Facing Threats Over Dawoodi Bohra Succession Verdict
The Bombay High Court on Monday (June 15) directed the Maharashtra Government to ensure protection is granted to former high court judge Justice Gautam Patel, who has been facing threats over a 2024 judgment he delivered with regards to the spiritual head of the Dawoodi Bohra community. Reportedly, Justice Patel and his family have been facing threats for the last 10 months now over a judgment...
Bombay High Court Upholds Interim Order Restraining New Indian Express' Use Of 'Indian Express' Mark Beyond Southern States
The Bombay High Court has upheld an interim order restraining Express Publications (Madurai) Pvt. Ltd. from using the title "The New Indian Express" outside the southern states for which it was granted rights.A division bench of Justice Bharati Dangre and Justice Manjusha Deshpande said there was no "perversity" in the order passed by the single-judge holding that prima facie the...
Bombay High Court Upholds De-Affiliation Of Sharad Pawar-Led State Wrestling Association From WFI
The Bombay High Court on Monday (June 15) upheld the de-affiliation of the NCP(SP) chief Sharad Pawar led Maharashtra State Wrestling Association (MSWA) from the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). The WFI had on January 1, 2023 decided to de-affiliate the MSWA and replaced it with the Maharashtra Rajya Kustigir Sangh (MRKS). The MSWA had therefore petitioned a division bench of Justice...
Sexual Offence Victims Take Time To Muster Courage, Fear 'Uncomfortable Questions' : Bombay High Court Refuses To Quash FIR For Delay
A First Information Report (FIR) registered in sexual offences, cannot be quashed merely on the ground of delay as the victim takes time to muster courage to lodge the complaint fearing the social stigma and also the 'uncomfortable' questions that she would be subjected to, held the Bombay High Court recently while quashing a section 354 (outraging modesty) case against a man, who molested...
Right To Liberty Not Absolute, Bail Cannot Be Granted If Accused Has Serious Criminal Antecedents: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that the fundamental right to liberty guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India is not an absolute right and a person having serious criminal antecedents cannot be granted bail solely on the ground of long incarceration. Sitting at the Nagpur bench, Justice Mahendra Nerlikar denied bail to one Swapnil Kashikar, booked for murdering a former...
Janhavi Gadkar Drunk Driving Case | Not Inclined To Permit Sale Of Offending Audi Car: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court on Thursday (June 11) expressed that it was not prima facie inclined to allow Janhavi Gadkar, the corporate lawyer booked in the high-profile drunk driving case, to sell her Audi Q5 car, which had collided with a taxi on the Eastern Freeway and killed two persons in June 2015.Single-judge Justice Madhav Jamdar, said that permitting to sell the vehicle in question...
Bhima-Koregaon Case: Bombay High Court Seeks NIA Response On Varavara Rao's Plea To Shift To Hyderabad
The Bombay High Court on Friday (June 12) issued notice on petition by 85-year-old Telugu Poet P Varavara Rao, accused under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act in the Bhima Koregaon case, seeking permission to move to Hyderabad stating that living in Mumbai is not affordable for him. Rao, has challenged a March 16 order passed by a special NIA Court, which dismissed his application to...
CJI Surya Kant Meets Indian High Commissioner In London Over Security Concerns For Justice Gautam Patel's Family In UK
Days after the news pertaining to the dire threats being issued to Bombay High Court's former judge Justice Gautam Patel and his family members and the attack on his daughter in London, the family has been provided with security and protection by the Hertfordshire Constabulary.Reliable sources from the Bombay High Court Administration have confirmed that the Chief Justice of India, Surya...
Can Revisional Authority Under Maharashtra Rent Act Condone Delay Beyond 90 Days? Bombay High Court Refers To Larger Bench
The Bombay High Court has referred to a Larger Bench the question whether the Revisional Authority under Section 44 of the Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999 has the power to condone delay in a revision application filed by a landlord beyond the prescribed period of 90 days. The Court observed that the issue assumes significance particularly in cases involving special categories of...
Bombay High Court Refuses To Quash MCOCA Case Against 2 Developers Accused Of Conspiring With Gangster Ravi Pujari To Commit Extortion
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (June 9) refused to quash a Chargesheet under MCOCA filed against two developers accused of hatching a criminal conspiracy with gangster Ravi Pujari for threatening a fellow developer and extorting money from him over a pending litigation regarding a land parcel in city's posh Powai area. A division bench of Justice Ajay Gadkari and Justice Ranjitsinha...
Threats Against Justice Gautam Patel's Family : Bar Bodies File PIL In High Court Seeking SIT Probe
Days after condemning the threats and attacks on the family members of former Bombay High Court judge Justice Gautam Patel over his judgment deciding the spiritual leader of the Dawoodi Bohra Community, the Bombay Bar Association (BBA) has filed a PIL seeking court's intervention and directions for safety of the judge and his family. Reportedly, Justice Patel and his family have been...