High Profile Cases The Bombay High Court raises security concern over Uddhav’s oath at Shivaji Park November 28, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court on Wednesday raised security concerns over the swearing-in ceremony of Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray as chief minister at Shivaji Park here, and said holding such functions at a public ground should not become a regular feature. Henceforth, everyone will want to use the ground for such ceremonies, a division bench […] Read more » Justice R I Chagla Justice S C Dharmadhikari Shiv Sena president Shivaji Park the Bombay High Court Uddhav Thackeray as chief minister Uddhav's oath at Shivaji Park
High Profile Cases Bombay HC bars Bengaluru-based newspaper from using Indian Express Group founder’s name Ramnath Goenka. November 22, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court, in an interim order, has restrained publisher Prashant Goenka and others from using the name and image of Indian Express Group founder Ramnath Goenka in his newspaper ‘Sajaga Samachar Parivartan Ka’. Justice S C Gupte also directed defendants Prashant Goenka and others not to use Ramnath Goenka’s name and image on […] Read more » Indian Express Group founder Ramnath Goenka Justice S C Gupte Sajaga Samachar Parivartan Ka the Bombay High Court
Court, Judiciary & Legal System High Court junks plea seeking ban on ‘Alibaug se aaya hai kya?’ phrase July 19, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Friday dismissed a petition seeking a ban on the phrase ‘Alibaug se aaya hai kya?’, observing that there was nothing derogatory in it and it should not be taken as a humiliation. As per the plea, the phrase is commonly used in Maharashtra to address someone who is considered foolish or […] Read more » alibaug chief justice Pradeep Nandrajog High Court seeking ban the Bombay High Court
Top Law News The Bombay High Court stays Nusli Wadia defamation plea hearing against Ratan Tata some other directors of Tata Sons. March 19, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Monday stayed till March 27 the proceedings before a magistrate court in a 2016 criminal defamation case filed by Nusli Wadia against Ratan Tata and some other directors of Tata Sons. A single bench of Justice Mridula Bhatkar stayed the proceedings through an interim order. Justice Bhatkar will now hear a […] Read more » directors of Tata Sons. Nusli Wadia Nusli Wadia against Ratan Tata and some other directors of Tata Sons. Ratan Tata the Bombay High Court
Top Law News Why no order yet to prohibit political ads on social media: The Bombay High Court March 8, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Thursday asked the Election Commission of India why it was hesitant to issue specific directions to prohibit political advertisements on social media 48 hours before election day. A bench of Chief Justice Naresh Patil and Justice N M Jamdar posed the question after the poll panel submitted that it was deliberating […] Read more » Bombay High Court Chief Justice Naresh Patil HC Justice N.M. Jamdar political ads political ads on social media social media the Bombay High Court Why no order yet to prohibit political ads on social media
Top Law News The Bombay High Court notice to prosecutor who ‘slapped’ judge over decision December 30, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has taken suo motu (on its own) notice of an incident where a sessions court judge was allegedly assaulted by an assistant public prosecutor on the court premises. Vacation judge Justice R K Deshpande of the high court’s Nagpur bench said Wednesday that such incidents are a “threat to independence of […] Read more » the Bombay High Court
Top Law News High Court refuses to stay govt official’s conviction in bribe case August 27, 2018 / August 27, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi:- The Bombay High Court has refused to stay the conviction of a government servant for accepting bribes and held that granting relief to the officer would adversely affect the public’s perception of the integrity of government institutions. In an order passed earlier this month, a single bench presided over by Justice AM Badar […] Read more » CBI court convicted conviction of a government servant featured High Court the Bombay High Court
Top Law News No HC relief from demolition to go-karting facility in Kamala Mills January 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has refused to grant protection from demolition to a go-karting track, bar and restaurant run by Smaash Entertainment Private Ltd at the Kamala Mills compound where a major fire in a pub claimed 14 lives last week. Justice Sandeep Shinde was yesterday hearing a petition filed by the company seeking protection […] Read more » featured go-karting facility go-karting facility in Kamala Mills Kamala Mills No HC relief from demolition to go-karting facility in Kamala Mills the Bombay High Court
Top Law News HC notice to man on plea against discharge in murder case June 26, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has issued a notice to a senior citizen here seeking his response to a petition of the Maharashtra government challenging his discharge from the 2003 murder case of a Canadian national. The state government approached the high court challenging an order passed by a sessions court in February this year, discharging […] Read more » discharge in murder case HC murder case notice to man plea against discharge in murder case the Bombay High Court
Bar, Bench & Firm News Maharashtra to soon have whistleblower/witness protection law March 4, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Maharashtra government on Tuesday told the Bombay High Court that it would soon come out with a law to provide protection to whistleblowers and witnesses in sensitive cases. .The court had last October asked it to frame a fresh policy on the issue. The division bench headed by Justice AS Oka was on Tuesday informed […] Read more » Justice AS Oka murder of RTI activist Satish Shetty the Bombay High Court whistleblower/witness protection law
Court, Judiciary & Legal System HC rejects Parsi man’s plea to nullify wedlock to Hindu October 25, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has rejected the plea of a Parsi man to declare his 15-year-old marriage to a Hindu as null and void as their wedlock was arranged in accordance with Hindu rituals though they professed different religions. A division bench recently dismissed an appeal filed by Viraf Phiroz Bharucha, a city resident, against a […] Read more » Hindu Marriage Act Justice Vijaya Tahilramani justices A R Joshi nullify wedlock to Hindu the Bombay High Court
Consumer Law News Court rules favouring Vodafone in transfer pricing case October 10, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Friday ruled that British telecom major Vodafone need not pay taxes of around Rs.3,200 crore in a transfer pricing case. “We feel that there is no taxable income on the share premium received on the issue of the shares,” a division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice M.S. Sanklecha […] Read more » Chief Justice Mohit Shah Justice M.S. Sanklecha the Bombay High Court Vodafone in transfer pricing case
