Bombay High Court Issues Notice On Raj Kundra's Plea Challenging Summons In ED's 'Bitcoins' Case

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (July 28) issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on a plea filed by husband of Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty and businessman Raj Kundra, who has challenged a special court's order taking cognisance of a supplementary chargesheet naming him in a Bitcoin-linked money laundering case. Single-judge Justice Ashwin Bhobe issued notice to the ED and...

E20 Petrol Policy: Bombay High Court To Hear Nitin Gadkari's ₹11 Crore Defamation Suit On August 5

The Bombay High Court today adjourned till next Wednesday (August 5) the hearing in the Union Minister and senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari's suit seeking orders to remove alleged defamatory and deepfake content linking him with the controversial Ethanol-blended fuel policy.Gadkari has demanded Rs 11 crore in damages as the entire content which has gone viral on social media has affected...

LiveLaw Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 20 to July 26, 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 335 to 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 347Nominal IndexNeville Tuli vs Securities and Exchange Board of India, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 335 JPPP vs PVP, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 336Saidpur Jute Company Limited vs National Co-operative Consumer's Federation of India Limited, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 337Shaikh Asif Shaikh Rashid @ Asif Shaikh Rasheed vs Mufti Mohammad Ismail Abdul Khalique,...

'Why Change Stance?' Bombay High Court Pulls Up CPCB For Calling Its Own PoP Idol Immersion Guidelines Advisory

The Bombay High Court on Monday (July 27) pulled up the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for changing its stand on its own guidelines banning the immersion of Plaster of Paris (PoP) idols in natural water bodies by now claiming that they are merely 'advisory', despite having earlier defended their validity before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) and various High Courts.A division bench...

Bombay High Court Refuses To Lift Stay On Allotment Of 25,000 PM Awas Yojana Houses, Questions Eligibility Of Affluent Applicants

The Bombay High Court on Monday (July 27) refused to lift the stay it had imposed on the allotment of nearly 25,000 flats constructed by CIDCO in Navi Mumbai under the Prime Minister Awas Yojana (Urban) (PMAYU-2.0) scheme, which were meant for the Lower Income Group (LIG).For context, in March this year, the High Court had stayed the allotment after expressing that it was 'shocked' to note...

"People Vote You To Serve Them, Not Break Their Heads": Bombay High Court Refuses Interim Relief To Shiv Sena Corporator In Doctors Assault Case

The Bombay High Court on Monday (July 27) refused to grant any interim relief to Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) corporator Ramesh Mhatre, who is accused of assaulting three doctors at a civic-run hospital in Dombivli, while strongly condemning the conduct of elected representatives who resort to violence against the very people they are elected to serve.A division bench of Acting Chief...

Bombay High Court Permits Nitin Gadkari To Sue X, Meta, Google Over Alleged Deepfake Posts Linking Him To E20 Petrol Policy

The Bombay High Court on Monday (July 27) permitted Union Minister and senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari to sue X, Meta, Google and unknown others over the alleged defamatory, deepfake and AI generated posts linking him to the Ethanol-blended fuel controversy. Single-judge Justice Abhay Ahuja granted the leave for Gakdari to proceed with filing a substantive civil suit against the...

Bombay High Court Quashes Mutation Of Wakf Properties As Enemy Property, Says Due Process Is Mandatory

The Bombay High Court has quashed communications directing mutation of certain Wakf properties as "enemy property" in the name of the Custodian, holding that such action cannot be taken without first determining the jurisdictional facts through an inquiry and affording the affected parties an opportunity of hearing. The Court further held that Section 22A of the Enemy Property Act, 1968 cannot...

Judge Need Not Recuse From Hearing RBI Employee's Plea Merely Because He Appeared For RBI As Lawyer: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has rejected a litigant's demand that a Judge recuse from hearing a matter merely because, while at the Bar, he had appeared as counsel for the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The Court observed that accepting such a contention as a general principle would make it impossible for any Judge who had represented the Government or public bodies during legal practice to hear...

Income Tax Set-Off Rules Can't Be Applied To Reduce Motor Accident Compensation: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that loss computed under the head "Income from House Property" under the Income-tax Act, 1961, cannot be set off against income under the head "Business or Profession" while determining compensation under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. The Court observed that the Income-tax Act and the Motor Vehicles Act operate in distinct fields, and the mechanism of set-off...

"Exceptional Violence": Bombay High Court Upholds Stricter Remission Category For Convict Who Murdered Woman For Refusing To Marry Him

The Bombay High Court recently upheld the decision of the Maharashtra Government to place a life convict under the 26-years imprisonment category, after noting that he had killed a woman, who had refused to marry her, in a brutal manner. A division bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal and Justice Ashish Chavan noted that the convict had killed the woman in an exceptionally brutal manner. "We...

'People Must Respect Mother Nature': Bombay High Court Urges Maharashtra To Consider Symbolic Immersion Of Large PoP Ganesh Idols

Observing that while it is good that people believe in God but they must also be taught to "respect Mother Nature", the Bombay High Court on Friday (July 24) urged the Maharashtra Government to seriously consider a proposal for the symbolic immersion of Plaster of Paris (PoP) Ganesh idols exceeding six feet in height, instead of immersing them in natural water bodies.A division bench of...