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Bombay High Court Upholds Refund of Earnest Money in Property Dispute

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Upload orders, verdicts on CIS the day they are passed: Bombay HC directs judges in Maharashtra, Goa

Upload orders, verdicts on CIS the day they are passed: Bombay HC directs judges in Maharashtra, Goa

All the Judicial Officers in the State of Maharashtra and Goa shall note that the orders and judgments passed by them ar...

Bombay High Court Grants Relief to Legal Heirs of COVID-19 Deceased Government Employee

Bombay High Court Grants Relief to Legal Heirs of COVID-19 Deceased Government Employee

Court Overrules Cutoff Date in Government Resolution to Uphold Justice and Fairness for Public Servants' Families...

Bombay High Court Upholds Compensation for Train Accident Victim

Bombay High Court Upholds Compensation for Train Accident Victim

Judgment Reverses Railway Claims Tribunal's Decision, Recognizes Death as "Untoward Incident"...

Bombay High Court Dismisses Abu Salem's Plea for Sentence Reduction

Bombay High Court Dismisses Abu Salem's Plea for Sentence Reduction

Court Upholds Sovereign Assurance, Denies Earned Remissions as Basis for Early Release...

HC says approvals to applications for higher FAR in Goa subject to ruling in ongoing case

HC says approvals to applications for higher FAR in Goa subject to ruling in ongoing case

The bench said that if permissions are granted, the orders must clearly state that they are subject to the final outcome...

HC asks cops to finish probe against UK-based doctor Sangram Patil in 3 weeks

HC asks cops to finish probe against UK-based doctor Sangram Patil in 3 weeks

Sathe then said the probe would be completed in three weeks, failing which the police do not have an objection if the LO...