Bombay High Court
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...
'Abuse Of Process': Bombay High Court Imposes ₹5 Lakh Costs On Son Seeking To Assess 78-Yr-Old Father's Mental Condition Amid Property Dispute
The Bombay High Court recently imposed a hefty cost of Rs 5 lakh on a man for dragging his septuagenarian father to court despite the fact of him (father) suffering from various ailments. The High Court held this to be an abuse of the process and severely reprimanded the son's conduct. A division bench of Justice Ajay Gadkari and Justice Kamal Khata noted that in February 2026 a single-judge...
Grabbing & Pressing Woman's Shoulder, Shoving Her Away May Outrage Her Modesty; Not Sexual Harassment: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court recently held that a man's act of grabbing a woman's shoulder, pressing it and shoving her away, making her feel ashamed, may amount to outraging her modesty but the very act would not amount to sexual harassment as there is 'no sexual intent' or 'sexual overtures' or any unwelcome physical contact. Single-judge Justice Abhay Mantri therefore partly quashed a...
Accused Having To Wait Inside Police Station Before Inquiry Is Not Under Arrest: Bombay High Court
An accused having to wait inside the police station for inquiry because the investigating officer is busy in some other case cannot claim that he was 'under arrest', held the Bombay High Court recently. A division bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal and Justice Ranjitsinha Bhonsale dismissed a plea filed by one Manohar Pathare, who sought a declaration that the 'waiting time' in the station house...
No Govt Can Choose 'Politically Convenient' Date For Elections: Bombay High Court Frames Timeline For 11 Goa Municipal Council Polls
No Government has an entitlement to chose a politically convenient date of an election whose periodicity has been fixed by the Constitution of India, held the Bombay High Court while upholding the validity of the Goa Municipalities (Amendment) Ordinance, 2026, which has now paved way for elections of 11 Municipal Councils in Goa.A division bench of Justice Valmiki Menezes and Justice...
'No Right To Take Any Particular Route For Religious Procession Under Article 25': Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that the right guaranteed under Article 25 to practise one's religion is subject to the larger interest of law and order, public order and the needs of other sections of the population, when the same are adversely affected by the exercise of the right in a particular manner. The Court observed that the exercise of the right to practise one's religion is one...