Disha Salian Death: Bombay High Court's Justice Ashish Chavan Recuses From Hearing Father's Plea For 'Murder' FIR

Bombay High Court judge Justice Ashish Chavan on Wednesday recused from hearing a plea filed by Satish Salian, father of Disha Salian, the former manager of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput. In his plea, the father has alleged that his daughter was "murdered" and did not commit suicide. He has thus sought registration of an FIR under the relevant provisions of IPC. Disha died on June 08, 2020, five days before Rajput's death. She had fallen off the 14th floor of her building. The Police had then...

Bombay High Court Allows Termination Of 26-Week Pregnancy Considering Severe Fetal Anomalies, Mother's Financial Hardship

The Bombay High Court on Monday (June 22) permitted a married woman to terminate her 26-weeks pregnancy after noting that the woman hailed from the lower strata of the society and that her foetus suffered from severe anomalies, which would require post-delivery cardiac surgeries that she can't afford. [2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 296]A division bench of Justice Bharati Dangre and Justice...

Assistant Charity Commissioner Cannot Interfere With Ongoing Trust Elections U/S 41A Of Maharashtra Public Trusts Act: High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that the power conferred under Section 41A of the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, 1950, is limited to issuing directions for the proper administration of a public trust and does not extend to interfering with an ongoing election process. The Court observed that once the election process has commenced, the Assistant Charity Commissioner cannot invoke Section 41A...

[Goa Municipalities Act] Power To Remove Councillor Exclusively With Govt, Cannot Be Delegated To Director Of Municipality: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that the power to remove a Municipal Councillor under Section 44 of the Goa Municipalities Act, 1968, vests exclusively in the Government and cannot be exercised by the Director of Municipal Administration. The Court observed that the power under Section 44 is quasi-judicial in nature, as it entails adjudication of allegations of misconduct or disgraceful...

Judge's Job Is Not To Please Anyone, Satisfaction Lies In Doing Justice: Bombay High Court Justice Vibha Kankanwadi In Farewell Speech

While bidding adieu to the Bombay High Court, Justice Vibha Kankanwadi on Tuesday (June 23) said that for achieving the satisfaction of his or her work, a judge must do his job to the best of his ability and not by trying to satisfy or please anyone.Justice Kankanwadi, who was elevated to the High Court 9 years ago, retired from service after being a judge for a total of 34 years. In her...

Bombay High Court Pulls Up Maharashtra Govt Over Drinking Water Crisis, Says Progressive State Cannot Give Excuses

Even after 75 years of independence, if a citizen has to approach a constitutional court seeking a direction to the State to provide potable drinking water, in such a circumstance, a progressive State like Maharashtra cannot be heard to be giving excuses for not providing the relief, observed the Bombay High Court on Monday (June 22) while noting that several parts across the State are...

Bombay High Court Quashes Rape FIR, Orders Preliminary Inquiry On Woman's Future Complaints After Noting Pattern Of Similar Cases

The Bombay High Court recently, while quashing a rape FIR, ordered the Director General of Police (DGP), Maharashtra to circulate the details of the complainant woman to all the police stations across the State so that the police exercises caution in future on receiving any complaint from the said woman as she is "habitual" in filing false rape, domestic violence and cruelty cases.The...

Bringing Police To Workplace Over 'Routine Transfer', Complaining To External Authorities Amount To Misconduct: Bombay High Court

An employee after facing a 'routine' transfer, if complaints to the Police and brings policemen in the office premises to harass the employer is a misconduct, held the Bombay High Court recently.Further, the act of an employee making serious allegations about the employer to various authorities, both related and unrelated, on being transferred, too would amount to a misconduct,...

Congress, CPI Move Bombay High Court Against Maharashtra Special Public Security Act; Allege Chilling Effect On Free Speech

The Indian National Congress (INC) has moved the Bombay High Court challenging the constitutional validity of the Maharashtra Special Public Security Act, 2025 arguing that it violates the fundamental guarantees enshrined in the Constitution of India including principles of reasonableness and proportionality, freedom of speech and expression, etc.Notably, the MSPSA is being said to be...

[Maharashtra Ownership Flats Act] Second Deemed Conveyance Application Barred If Earlier Rejection Has Attained Finality: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that where an earlier order rejecting a deemed conveyance application has attained finality, a second application seeking the same relief would be barred by principles of res judicata and finality of proceedings. The Court observed that the Competent Authority under the Maharashtra Ownership Flats Act does not possess any inherent power of review and cannot...

Compensatory Afforestation Must Be In Same Or Nearby Locality; Trees Planted Elsewhere Can't Compensate Residents: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court while emphasising on the importance of trees, recently made it clear that compensatory afforestation, which is usually done after cutting down trees for a development work, cannot be permitted to be done at a distant or remote place and rather must be done in the close proximity of the very place from where the trees were initially felled.A division bench of Justice...

Revocation Of Sanction Under Maharashtra Public Trusts Act Permissible Only On Proof Of Fraud: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that revocation of a sanction granted under Section 36(1) of the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act can be ordered under Section 36(2) only upon proof that the sanction was obtained by fraud, misrepresentation, or concealment of material facts. The Court observed that the jurisdiction under Section 36(2) is not appellate in nature and does not permit the...