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Bombay High Court Quashes Detention Order in MPDA Case — Failure to Consider Less Restrictive Alternatives and Unexplained Delay in Representation. Preventive Detention Invalid as Detaining Authority Did Not Consider Adequacy of Ordinary Law Under Section 3(1) of Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act, 1981....

The petitioner, Suraj @ Nagesh Shivaji Mahanoor, was detained under the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act, 1981 by an order dated 13th July 2026 passed by the Commissioner of Police, ...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Detention Order in MCOCA Case for Non-Application of Mind — Failure to Consider Petitioner's Acquittal in Predicate Offence Renders Subjective Satisfaction Invalid. The court held that the detaining authority must consider all relevant material, including acquittal in the predicate offence, before forming subjective satisfaction under MCOCA....

The petitioner, Suraj @ Nagesh Shivaji Mahanoor, filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court (Circuit Bench at Kolhapur) seeking to quash and set aside a detention order passed under the Mahara...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Accused's Challenge to Transfer of CBI Trials from Kolhapur to Pune Under BNSS Section 205. Government Resolutions Conferring Jurisdiction on Special Court at Pune Over Kolhapur Cases Not Repugnant to Any Judicial Direction and in Public Interest....

Background: The case concerned writ petitions filed by two accused persons in CBI cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, challenging Government Resolutions dated 16.04.2025 and 25.04.2025...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Appeal Under Section 37 of Arbitration Act, Upholds Arbitral Award Confirming Sale of Partnership Assets. Concurrent findings of fact by arbitrator and District Judge under Section 34 are not perverse and not liable to be interfered with in appeal under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996....

The appellant, Mr. Abdulgapr Maktumsab Hudali, filed an appeal under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, challenging the judgment and order dated 20.04.2016 passed by the Princip...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petitions Challenging Arbitration Award in Property Dispute — No Grounds for Interference Under Section 34 of Arbitration Act. Court upholds award based on joint family property partition and limitation, finding no patent illegality or perversity....

The petitioners, who were members of a joint family, challenged an arbitral award passed in a partition dispute. The award had been made by an arbitrator appointed by the court. The petitioners filed ...

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Supreme Court Modifies Life Sentence to Fixed Term in Rape Case Under Section 376-D IPC — Emphasizes Judicial Discretion in Sentencing. The Court reduced the sentence from life imprisonment (remainder of natural life) to 20 years rigorous imprisonment, holding that the trial court had not adequately considered mitigating factors and proportionality....

The appellant, was convicted under Section 376-D of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) for committing rape on a victim (PW-2) along with another accused. The incident occurred on 7th September 2016, wh...

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Supreme Court Interprets Applicability of Written Statement Time Limit to Counter-Claim in Commercial Suits. The Court Examined Whether the 120-Day Limit Under Order VIII Rule 1 CPC Applies to Plaintiffs' Reply to Counter-Claims Governed by the Commercial Courts Act, 2015....

This matter arose from a commercial suit for recovery of money filed by the appellants (plaintiffs) against the respondents (defendants). The defendants filed a written statement and a counter-claim, ...