Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 29 - July 05, 2026

Citations: [2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 300 to 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 309]Nominal IndexSwati Raosaheb More vs State of Maharashtra, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 300ANG vs State of Maharashtra, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 301Yogesh Shantinath Ghaste vs State of Maharashtra, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 302SSD vs State of Maharashtra, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 303Kirtesh Vikas Chaudhari vs Union of India, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 304Saeed Ahmad...

'Impulsive Young Men Lured By Wealth, Not Professional Killers': Bombay High Court Commutes Death Penalty In Kidnap-Murder Case

The Bombay High Court recently, while commuting the death sentence of two men to 30 years jail term— for kidnapping and killing a young boy, observed that the two convicts were 'typical young men' who were 'baffled' as their plan to become wealthy did not work and so for 'immediate solution' they killed the boy.A division bench of Justice Bharati Dangre and Justice Manjusha Deshpande...

Same-Sex Couples Can't Claim 'Spouse' Benefits Under Income Tax Act Without Legal Recognition Of Marriage: IT Dept Tells Bombay High Court

To get the benefit of 'exemption' under section 56(2)(x) of the Income Tax (IT) Act, which grants exemption from tax on gifts between heterosexual couple, a same sex couple must first get its union legally recognised as a 'marriage' or 'spouse' etc, the Income Tax Department recently told the Bombay High Court. The Income Tax Department has opposed a plea filed by a same sex couple, which...

"Legally Competent To Make A Choice" : Bombay High Court Aids Adult Woman Who Left Home To Avoid Forced Marriage

A 21-year-old woman, being an adult is legally competent to decide where she wishes to reside, whom she must marry etc and thus, her parents and the State cannot compel her to make a choice against her wish, the Bombay High Court held while directing the Mumbai Police not to entertain a 'missing persons' complaint about a young Muslim woman, who left her parents' home from Hyderabad to...

'Infringes Her Privacy': Bombay High Court Directs Take Down Of AI-Generated Visuals, Deepfakes & Morphed Pictures Of Actor Preity Zinta

The Bombay High Court in an interim order on Wednesday (July 8) directed taken down of objectionable content including deepfake images, AI and superimposed visuals and morphed pictures of actor Priety Zinta. Single-judge Justice Madhav Jamdar in his order, held that the material highlighted by Zinta indeed prejudiced her public image. "There is substance in the contentions raised by the Plaintiff (Zinta) that the continuing dissemination of Al-generated deepfakes, manipulated...

Bombay High Court Refuses Claim Over Tribal Land, Says Notarised 99-Year Lease Agreement Has No Evidentiary Value

The Bombay High Court has exercised its powers under Article 226 of the Constitution to dismiss a revision application pending before the Revenue Minister, observing that such a course was necessary to subserve the ends of justice and curtail further litigation. The Court upheld the order of the Additional Divisional Commissioner refusing to recognise the petitioners' claim over tribal...

Bhima Koregaon Case: Accused Mahesh Raut Moves Bombay High Court Seeking Permission To Travel To Kerala For Treatment

One of the accused in the Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parishad case, Mahesh Raut has moved a plea before the Bombay High Court seeking permission to travel to Kerala for Ayurvedic treatment after a special NIA court turned down his plea for the same in January this year. Raut has challenged the January 21, 2026 order of a special NIA court in the city, which had rejected his plea to travel...

'People Robbed Their Own Motherland': Bombay High Court Says Citizens Equally Responsible For Mumbai's Waterlogging, Can't Blame BMC

With the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) facing flak on social media platforms for the waterlogged roads in Mumbai and its nearby cities due to the relentless rains, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday said the city was 'destined' to witness rainwater on the roads as people 'robbed their own motherland' by encroaching lands and clogging the drainage systems.A division bench of Acting...

LiveLaw Bombay High Court Monthly Digest: June 2026

Citations: [2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 273 to 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 302]Nominal IndexAbhijeet Arun Gade vs State of Maharashtra, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 273Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Trust vs HDFC Bank Limited, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 274Lt. Col. Retd. Jaigopal Nagarajan vs Vasudev Mariwala, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 275Noorjan Samshuddin Bhanvadiya vs State of Maharashtra, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 276Swapnil Chandrakant Kashikar...

Bombay High Court Upholds Disqualification Of Co-operative Housing Society Managing Committee Members For Deliberate Failure To Supply Documents

The Bombay High Court has upheld the disqualification of members of the managing committee of a co-operative housing society for deliberately failing to furnish documents sought by another member of the society within the time prescribed under the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960. The Court held that while substantial compliance with the statutory requirement may, in...

Mere Execution Of Family Arrangement Does Not Constitute Admission Of Suit Properties Being HUF Properties: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that the mere execution of a family arrangement does not, by itself, establish that the properties dealt with therein are Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) properties. The Court observed that a family arrangement cannot be elevated into proof of the existence of an HUF in the absence of foundational evidence establishing the existence of such an HUF and an...

'Merely Giving Inaccurate Information Not Misrepresentation': Bombay High Court Quashes De-Registration Of 45-Year-Old Housing Society

The Bombay High Court has held that the mere act of providing inaccurate or incomplete information does not amount to "misrepresentation" under Section 21A of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960. The Court observed that de-registration of a society can be ordered only where the registration itself was obtained through misrepresentation by the applicants, and not on the basis...