Bombay High Court
Bombay High Court Upholds Villagers' Customary Rights to Celebrate Bagad Festival
Court Distinguishes Customary Rights from Customary Easements, Affirms Lower Courts' Injunction Against Property Obstruc...
Parrots are 'wild animals', rules HC; orders Maharashtra govt to compensate farmer for crop damage
The court passed the order on a petition filed by Mahadeo Dekate (70), a farmer from Hingi village in Wardha district, w...
Death certificate denied due to jurisdiction issue, Atal Setu suicide victim's wife moves HC
Sunaina Karuturi, the petitioner, claimed that the municipal corporations of Uran, Navi Mumbai and Panvel told her that ...
Bombay High Court Upholds IIT Bombay's Disciplinary Action Against Professor for Sexual Harassment
Court Affirms Internal Complaints Committee's Inquiry Suffices Without Additional CCS Inquiry...
Bombay High Court Enhances Compensation in Motor Accident Case
Aurangabad Bench holds insurer liable for increased payout, emphasizing the duty to award just compensation based on pre...
Bombay High Court Quashes Magistrate's Order for Lack of Judicial Consideration
The court remands the matter for fresh examination, citing non-application of mind in issuing process against accused...
Bombay High Court Upholds Refund of Earnest Money in Property Dispute
Court Rules Subsequent Suit for Refund Not Barred, Defendants Failed to Establish Property Title...
Bombay High Court Quashes Provident Fund Recovery Against Municipal Council, Citing Lack of Notice
The Court emphasizes adherence to principles of natural justice in provident fund dues recovery, highlights unreasonable...
Bombay High Court Upholds 'Equal Pay for Equal Work' Principle for Municipal Employees
Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation directed to ensure pay parity with interest for absorbed Gram Panchayat employees...
HC pulls up authorities over pollution in Kanjurmarg, warns of closing dumping ground
The ill effects of such emissions, which are a result of mismanagement by the authorities, are not known, the bench said...
Bombay High Court Quashes Conviction in Cheque Bounce Case Following Settlement
In a landmark judgment, the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court allows compounding of offences under Section 138 of the Ne...
Bombay High Court Rules on Irrevocability Clause in Trust Deeds
Absence of Explicit Irrevocability Clause Not a Ground for Denying Registration under Section 12AB...
HC paves way for fresh elections at Asiatic Society of Mumbai
Acting on these findings, the Charity Commissioner passed orders on March 13, 2026, appointing a "fit person" along with...
HC calls handcuffing of duo by police humiliation', orders Maharashtra govt to pay compensation
Where there is infringement of the fundamental right, the court cannot be stopped by giving a mere declaration that acti...
2006 Malegaon blasts case reaches 'dead end' as Bombay HC discharges four accused
On September 8, 2006, four bombs exploded at Malegaon town in Maharashtra's Nashik district, three inside the premises o...
HC calls handcuffing of duo by police ‘humiliation’, orders Maharashtra govt to pay compensation
Where there is infringement of the fundamental right, the court cannot be stopped by giving a mere declaration that acti...
HC tells RBI to exchange man’s Rs 2 lakh currency notes seized during demonetisation
The RBI opposed the plea, claiming that the condition specifying that the serial numbers of the currency notes had to be...
2006 Malegaon blasts case reached dead end: HC; raps NIA for overlooking evidence
In its chargesheet in the 2006 case, the NIA relied on a statement made by Swami Aseemanand, as per which the blasts in ...
2 Mumbai exhibition centre staffers, held in drug-linked death case at concert, move HC for bail
The duo, currently in judicial custody, claimed their arrest was illegal as police failed to comply with the mandatory s...
Bombay High Court Orders Trial for Election Petition Alleging Misconduct in Nomination Process
Court Denies Summary Dismissal, Cites Sufficient Grounds for Trial on Allegations of Material Non-Disclosure Affecting E...
31 deaths and over 19 years later, Bombay HC discharges 4 accused in 2006 Malegaon blast case
The central agency relied on a statement made by Swami Aseemanand, an accused in the Ajmer Sharif (Rajasthan) and Mecca ...
Bombay High Court Denies Request to Expedite Appeal Hearing Amidst Docket Pressure
Special Circumstances Not Established; Court Prioritizes Older Cases and Long-Pending Compensation Appeals...
Truth has now come out: Maharashtra minister on discharge of 4 accused in 2006 Malegaon blasts case
The state Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), which initially probed the case, had arrested nine Muslim men in connection with t...
Bombay High Court Overturns Patent Office's Rejection of Syringe Invention
Court finds rejection order violated principles of natural justice; calls for reasoned and speaking orders in patent dec...
Bombay High Court Acquits Shantilal Gaikwad: Lack of Evidence and Procedural Irregularities Lead to Overturned Conviction
High Court highlights inadmissibility of electronic evidence and procedural errors in confessional statements leading to...
Bombay High Court Upholds Family Court's Decision to Deny Maintenance
Court rules that lack of sufficient evidence and refusal to cohabitate without just cause disqualify claim under Section...
Bombay High Court Quashes Income Tax Demands Against Capegemini Technology Services India Ltd
Court holds that no valid orders exist to substantiate the tax demands, asserts jurisdiction over the case despite terri...
2006 Malegaon blast case: Bombay HC discharges four accused, quashes charges against them
In January this year, the HC, while admitting the pleas, noted that a prima facie case for interference was made out and...
HC raps Centre over delay in responding to plea by mother of agniveer killed in Op Sindoor
The petition sought directions to the government to ensure equal posthumous benefits, including pensions, institutional ...
Bombay High Court Calls for Research in ART Age Limit Challenge
Court Appoints Amicus Curiae to Assist in Constitutionality Case Against Section 21(g) of Assisted Reproductive Technolo...
Bombay High Court Rules on Patent Appeal Limits
Division Bench Dismisses Commercial Appeal Citing Bar Under Section 100-A of CPC...
Bombay High Court Orders Reinstatement of MSRTC Driver Wrongfully Dismissed Based on Media Reports
Court Upholds Labour Court's Decision, Mandates Compliance with Reinstatement and Payment of Back Wages...
Bombay High Court Dismisses Suit by M-s Lahoti Properties Over Limitation and Procedural Grounds
Aurangabad Bench rules in favor of defendants, citing Order II Rule 2 and Order XXIII Rule 1(4) of CPC, and Article 54 o...
HC junks PIL on Bhagwat's Z-plus security cost recovery, questions its motive
The PIL, filed by Nagpur resident Lalan Singh through his counsel Ashwin Ingole, contended that taxpayers' money is bein...
Bombay HC transfers dowry death investigation to CBI, flags lapses in police probe
The high court took note of the statement by the medical officer who had conducted the victim's postmortem, in which she...
Decide by May 4 on posthumous Padma Vibhushan for Olympian Khashaba Jadhav: HC to Centre
The PIL sought a direction to the Ministry of Home Affairs (Padma Awards Cell) to consider and decide afresh their repre...