Bombay High Court
'Court Cannot Decide If Savarkar Was Brave Or Coward' : Researcher Moves Bombay High Court Seeking Stay On Rahul Gandhi's Trial
After a Special MP/MLA Court in Pune rejected his plea to intervene in the ongoing criminal defamation case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for allegedly defaming right-wing ideologue Vinayak Savarkar, Pankaj Phadnis has moved the Bombay High Court claiming that the special court is dealing with issues far outside its jurisdiction and is trying to determine whether Savarkar was brave or...
Candidate Meeting Notified Disability Criteria Cannot Be Disqualified For Having Additional Learning Disability: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that a candidate who meets the notified disability criteria for the post of Officer Grade 'B' cannot be held ineligible merely because he additionally has a learning disability. A Division Bench comprising Justice G. S. Kulkarni and Justice Aarti A. Sathe was hearing a writ petition filed challenging the Reserve Bank of India's rejection of the...
Goa Night Club Fire Incident: Bombay High Court Cancels Bail Granted To Restaurant Owners
Observing that the Sessions Court failed to apply its mind and improperly exercised its discretion, the Bombay High Court on August 18 cancelled the bail granted to Sourabh Luthra, Gaurav Luthra and Ajay Gupta the co-owners of the Birch By Romeo Lane, a prominent nightclub in North Goa's Arpora area, which was engulfed in massive fire killing 25 people. Sitting at the Goa bench,...
Speaking On Harmful Effects Of Excessive Pesticide Use In Public Interest Not Defamation: Bombay High Court Quashes Cases Against Doctors
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (August 18) quashed a First Information Report (FIR) lodged against two doctors, way back in 2015 under charges of criminal defamation for speaking in Aamir Khan's 'Satyamev Jayate' show, about toxic food poison and also about fruits and vegetables having abnormally high levels of pesticide residues thereby causing “folic acid” deficiency in pregnant...
Narendra Dabholkar Murder Case: Bombay High Court Grants Bail To Alleged Shooter Sachin Andure
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (August 18) while granting bail and suspending the life sentence awarded to right-wing extremist Sachin Andure, a prime convict in the murder case of rationalist Dr Narendra Dabholkar, who was shot dead in August 2013, held that the evidence against him was very weak which could even result in his acquittal in appeal.A division bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal...
LiveLaw Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 10 to August 16, 2026
Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 371 to 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 384Nominal Index:Project Revolt LLP vs Bureau of Indian Standards, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 371Rohit Abhijit Oze vs State of Maharashtra, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 372Prashant Vasantrao Salunkhe vs Union of India, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 373Aniruddha Gaurav Gursal vs State of Maharashtra, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 374State of Maharashtra vs Anil Shridhar...
Bombay High Court Directs Probate Grants To Be Issued Within 2 Weeks Of Court Order, Bars Subsequent Caveats
The Bombay High Court has directed officers exercising functions under its Testamentary and Intestate Jurisdiction to, henceforth, restrict orders directing issuance of grants to a direction to issue the grant, without making it subject to verification of whether any cross Petition or Caveat has been filed. The Court further directed that all grants be issued no later than two weeks from the...
'Honorarium' Cannot Be Used To Deny Dignified Wages: Bombay High Court Directs Minimum Wages For Community Health Volunteers
The Bombay High Court has held that Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) engaged by the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai are entitled to receive minimum wages under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, for the hours of duty performed by them. The Court further held that mere branding of the remuneration paid to CHVs as honorarium, or describing them as volunteers, cannot deny them the status...
'Serious Issue': Bombay High Court Initiates Suo Motu PIL Over Water Shortage At Mumbai University Girl's Hostel
The Bombay High Court on Monday (August 17) took suo motu cognisance of the "acute water shortage" being faced by the University of Mumbai's Madam Cama Girl's Hostel situated in the city's posh Churchgate area. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Ravindra Ghuge and Justice Gautam Ankhad initiated the suo motu proceedings after coming across news reports carried by two leading...
Non-Supply Of RTI Information After Election Results Is Not 'Corrupt Practice' U/S 123(7) Of RP Act: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that non-supply of information sought under the RTI Act after the declaration of election results does not constitute assistance for furthering the prospects of a candidate's election and therefore cannot constitute a corrupt practice under Section 123(7) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. The Court observed that the election petition must...
Bombay High Court Reserves Verdict In Challenge To Immersion Of PoP God Idols In Natural Water Bodies
The Bombay High Court on Friday (August 14) closed for orders, a batch of petitions, seeking a complete ban on immersion of Plaster of Paris (PoP) made Ganesh idols in natural water bodies. The High Court has however, clarified that its last year's order which permitted immersion of only six feet and above height PoP idols in natural water bodies and rest (below six feet) in artificial tanks,...