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Bombay High Court Grants Rs. 45 Lakh Compensation for COVID-Related Death of MSRTC Employee

Bombay High Court Grants Rs. 45 Lakh Compensation for COVID-Related Death of MSRTC Employee

Court Rules Employee's Supervision Role Exposed Him to Risks Justifying Compensation Under COVID Circular...

Bombay High Court Quashes FIRs After Amicable Settlement Between Parties

Bombay High Court Quashes FIRs After Amicable Settlement Between Parties

Court Allows Compounding of Offences Under SC/ST Act and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita After Dispute Resolution...

Bombay High Court Upholds Acquittal in Sexual Assault Case Involving Minor

Bombay High Court Upholds Acquittal in Sexual Assault Case Involving Minor

State's appeal for leave to challenge acquittal in POCSO case rejected due to lack of corroborative evidence and materia...

Bombay High Court Quashes Service Tax Imposition on Legal Services by Advocates

Bombay High Court Quashes Service Tax Imposition on Legal Services by Advocates

Court Rules Exemption on Service Tax for Legal Services Provided by Advocates to Firms, Upholds Principles of Natural Ju...

Bombay High Court Upholds Reproductive Rights of Unmarried Women

Bombay High Court Upholds Reproductive Rights of Unmarried Women

Court Affirms Supreme Court's Interpretation on Inclusion of Unmarried Women for Abortion up to 24 Weeks...

Bombay High Court Sets Aside CJM's Commitment of Case to Sessions Court for Lack of Reasoned Opinion

Bombay High Court Sets Aside CJM's Commitment of Case to Sessions Court for Lack of Reasoned Opinion

The Court directs the Chief Judicial Magistrate to reassess evidence and formulate an informed opinion before committing...

Bombay High Court Quashes Rigged Property Auction Due to Collusive Bidding Practices

Bombay High Court Quashes Rigged Property Auction Due to Collusive Bidding Practices

Court intervenes to ensure transparency and fairness, orders fresh valuation for prime Mumbai property....

Bombay High Court Mandates MCGM to Enhance Sanitation in Mumbai Slums

Bombay High Court Mandates MCGM to Enhance Sanitation in Mumbai Slums

Court Recognizes Right to Sanitation as Fundamental Right Under Article 21 of the Constitution...

Bombay High Court Criticizes Procedural Lapses in Tree Felling Permission by Pune Municipal Corporation

Bombay High Court Criticizes Procedural Lapses in Tree Felling Permission by Pune Municipal Corporation

Court Emphasizes Strict Adherence to Statutory Guidelines in Tree Felling Cases to Protect Urban Green Cover...

Bombay High Court Quashes Money Laundering Proceedings Against Shri. Kishore

Bombay High Court Quashes Money Laundering Proceedings Against Shri. Kishore

Absence of Connection Between Property Acquisitions and Proceeds of Crime Leads to Dismissal of Charges...

Bombay High Court Rules in Favor of Deceased Driver's Family, Establishes Employer-Employee Relationship Without Written Contract

Bombay High Court Rules in Favor of Deceased Driver's Family, Establishes Employer-Employee Relationship Without Written Contract

Court emphasizes circumstantial evidence and oral agreements to affirm employer-employee relationship under the Employee...

Bombay High Court Quashes Addition of Accused in Latur Assault Case

Bombay High Court Quashes Addition of Accused in Latur Assault Case

Court rules against trial court's order to add Rukminbai, Pallavi, and Vijay as accused, citing insufficient evidence....

Bombay High Court Quashes Recovery Order Against Kolte Patil Developers Ltd.

Bombay High Court Quashes Recovery Order Against Kolte Patil Developers Ltd.

Court Rules Impugned Action by State Authorities as Ultra Vires Due to Expiration of Statutory Limitation Period and Lac...

HC orders Rs 50 lakh compensation to widow of MSRTC employee who died due to Covid-19

HC orders Rs 50 lakh compensation to widow of MSRTC employee who died due to Covid-19

Jagtap was deployed at the BEST bus depot in Wadala to supervise traffic, and worked there from March 24 to March 28, 20...

Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against Senior Citizen Over National Flag Disrespect Allegation

Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against Senior Citizen Over National Flag Disrespect Allegation

Court Rules No Evidence of Intentional Disrespect; Non-speaking Magistrate Order Held Illegal...

Bombay High Court Upholds Protection of Actor's Personality Rights

Bombay High Court Upholds Protection of Actor's Personality Rights

Court grants ad-interim relief to Shatrughan Sinha, restraining unauthorized use and exploitation of his personality tra...

Historic 1947 Estate Suit Concludes with Fourth-Generation Settlement

Historic 1947 Estate Suit Concludes with Fourth-Generation Settlement

Bombay High Court resolves its oldest pending case, disposing of a 79-year-old estate dispute through consent terms amon...

Bombay High Court Orders Maharashtra to Expedite Land Acquisition Compensation

Bombay High Court Orders Maharashtra to Expedite Land Acquisition Compensation

Court Criticizes Prolonged Delays, Directs State to Establish Time-Bound Mechanism for Land Acquisition Cases...

Bombay High Court Upholds Civil Jurisdiction in Complex Estate Dispute

Bombay High Court Upholds Civil Jurisdiction in Complex Estate Dispute

Court Rejects Application to Dismiss Suit Involving Allegations of Fraud and Estate Usurpation, Emphasizing Limits of NC...

Bombay High Court Upholds Enhanced Maintenance for Divorcee Wife

Bombay High Court Upholds Enhanced Maintenance for Divorcee Wife

Court Affirms Family Court's Decision to Increase Monthly Maintenance from Rs. 2,000 to Rs. 6,000 After Completion of Lu...

Remarks on PM Modi: Bombay HC reserves order on Rahul's plea against defamation plaint

Remarks on PM Modi: Bombay HC reserves order on Rahul's plea against defamation plaint

The defamation plaint was lodged against Gandhi before a magistrate's court in Girgaon in August 2019 by Mahesh Hukumcha...

HC quashes case against senior citizen accused of dishonouring tricolour

HC quashes case against senior citizen accused of dishonouring tricolour

A case was registered against the senior citizen at the suburban Tilak Nagar police station in January 2017 under the pr...

HC quashes ED's money laundering case against lawyer linked to ex-minister Anil Deshmukh

HC quashes ED's money laundering case against lawyer linked to ex-minister Anil Deshmukh

The court noted that the ED failed to show any connection between Dewani's property transactions and the proceeds of cri...

Every violation of RBI fraud rules not open to court scrutiny: HC on lifting Anil Ambani case stay

Every violation of RBI fraud rules not open to court scrutiny: HC on lifting Anil Ambani case stay

Through these directions, the RBI disseminates information to the banks on details of frauds and unscrupulous borrowers ...

Bombay High Court Recognizes Single Mother's Right to Define Child's Identity

Bombay High Court Recognizes Single Mother's Right to Define Child's Identity

Landmark judgment mandates correction of child's name and caste in school records to reflect single mother's identity, u...

Bombay High Court Quashes FIR in Matrimonial Cruelty Case, Citing Lack of Specific Evidence

Bombay High Court Quashes FIR in Matrimonial Cruelty Case, Citing Lack of Specific Evidence

Court Emphasizes Need for Careful Scrutiny in Section 498-A IPC Allegations to Prevent Misuse...

HC quashes order staying proceedings against Anil Ambani to classify his bank accounts as fraud

HC quashes order staying proceedings against Anil Ambani to classify his bank accounts as fraud

The banks, in their plea, also said Ambani had raised a technical challenge to the forensic audit before the single benc...

`Khamosh' exclusively linked to Shatrughan Sinha's persona, says HC; bars misuse of his name, voice, images

`Khamosh' exclusively linked to Shatrughan Sinha's persona, says HC; bars misuse of his name, voice, images

The high court in its order noted that Sinha has a unique style of dialogue delivery, and is especially known for the un...

Advocate files plea in HC against Maharashtra govt decision to cancel 5 per cent Muslim quota

Advocate files plea in HC against Maharashtra govt decision to cancel 5 per cent Muslim quota

The petition filed by advocate Syed Ejaz Abbas Naqvi challenged the government resolution of February 17 issued by the D...

Disturbing pattern in recent times where matrimonial prosecutions initiated as pressure tactic: HC

Disturbing pattern in recent times where matrimonial prosecutions initiated as pressure tactic: HC

In such cases, the court is not expected to be a mute spectator and is duty-bound to examine the circumstances and to as...

High-rise near INS Shikra: HC raps Navy over ‘lapse’, 'intelligence failure'

High-rise near INS Shikra: HC raps Navy over ‘lapse’, 'intelligence failure'

The bench also questioned the Navy’s selective opposition to only this particular building when there are several other ...

Bombay High Court Quashes Pune Municipal Corporation's Promotion Process for Superintending Engineer

Bombay High Court Quashes Pune Municipal Corporation's Promotion Process for Superintending Engineer

Court Mandates Implementation of 2024 Seniority List, Citing Violations of Natural Justice...

Bombay High Court Partially Acquits Appellants in Assault Case; Conviction Under IPC Section 324 Upheld

Bombay High Court Partially Acquits Appellants in Assault Case; Conviction Under IPC Section 324 Upheld

Court Remands Case for Consideration of Probation; Acquits Appellants of Charges Under IPC Section 504 and Goa Children'...

Bombay High Court Clarifies ESI Act's Applicability to Medicine Storage by Traders

Bombay High Court Clarifies ESI Act's Applicability to Medicine Storage by Traders

Storing Medicines in Refrigerators Not a "Manufacturing Process," Rules Court...

'Systemic failure' in land acquisition cases; resolve them on mission-mode: HC to govt

'Systemic failure' in land acquisition cases; resolve them on mission-mode: HC to govt

Its remarks came on a plea filed by a bunch of residents in Beed district whose lands were acquired by the irrigation di...

Child raised exclusively by mother cannot be compelled to carry father's surname, caste: HC

Child raised exclusively by mother cannot be compelled to carry father's surname, caste: HC

A society that claims to be developing cannot insist that a child's public identity must be anchored to a father who is ...