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Bombay High Court Allows Petition for Temporary Authorisation and NOC for Vehicles with Cancelled Fitness Certificates. Authorities Directed to Accept Tax Dues and Issue No Objection Certificate Under Section 48 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988....

The petitioner, Geekom Logistech Pvt. Ltd., a company registered under the Companies Act, 1956, engaged in transport business, owned a fleet of vehicles. It filed a writ petition under Article 226 of ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal, Declares Civil Court Decrees Nullity in Matrimonial Maintenance Case Due to Lack of Jurisdiction Under Family Courts Act, 1984. Jurisdictional bar under Sections 7 and 8 of Family Courts Act, 1984 renders civil court decrees void ab initio in maintenance proceedings under Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956....

The case involves a second appeal by Ravindra Sukhdev Ghadge against the judgment and decree of the Civil Judge Senior Division, Aurangabad, and the District Judge, Aurangabad, which awarded maintenan...

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High Court of Bombay Hears Appeal Against Conviction Under Prevention of Corruption Act. Accused Contends Non-Proof of Bribe Demand and Admission of Loan Repayment by Complainant....

The appeal arose from the judgment and order dated 29.03.2005 in Special Case No.26/2003 passed by the Special Judge at Aurangabad, convicting the appellant, a police naik, for offences under Section ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petitions Challenging Disqualification of Elected Members of Gram Panchayat for Non-Compliance with Caste Reservation Requirement. The Court held that the disqualification order was passed without affording opportunity of hearing and without considering the explanation of the petitioners that they had not concealed their caste status....

The petitioners were elected as members of Gram Panchayat Hiwra Darne in an election held on 24-11-2015. The election was for reserved seats for Scheduled Castes. The petitioners claimed to belong to ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Setting Aside of Ex Parte Decree in Specific Performance Suit. Trial Court's Order Upheld as Defendant Made Out Case of Fraud and Suppression of Supplementary Agreement....

The petitioners (plaintiffs) filed Special Civil Suit 1260/2008 seeking specific performance of an agreement dated 17.04.2007. The suit summons was duly served on the respondent (defendant), but the d...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Dismisses Petition Challenging Arbitrator's Order on Non-Applicability of 2015 Amendment. The Court held that the Amendment Act of 2015 does not apply to arbitral proceedings commenced before 23 October 2015, and the arbitrator's order refusing extension of time under Section 29A was not amenable to Article 227....

The petitioner, the Chief Engineer of the Public Works Department, Government of Goa, challenged an order dated 06/06/2018 passed by the learned Sole Arbitrator. The arbitrator, while deciding an appl...

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High Court of Bombay Passes Interim Orders Directing Restoration of Lake and Prevention of Mangrove Destruction in Navi Mumbai. Modification of Development Plan to Permit Golf Course Raised Public Interest Concerns....

The public interest litigations were filed to address the systematic destruction of mangroves and wetlands in Navi Mumbai. The petitioners in PIL 218/2013 highlighted that Navi Mumbai, a satellite cit...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Industrial Court's Order Granting Permanency to Fixed-Term Security Guard in Saudi Arabian Airlines Case. Fixed-term employment found to be a camouflage to deny permanency benefits under MRTU & PULP Act....

The appellant, Saudi Arabian Airlines, engaged the respondent workman as a Security Guard on a fixed-term contract from 1st October 1989 for two years, with consolidated wages of Rs.1400 per month. Th...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Acquittal in Murder Case Due to Lack of Credible Evidence and Unreliable Witnesses. Conviction under Section 302 IPC Set Aside as Prosecution Failed to Prove Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt....

The State of Maharashtra filed an appeal against the acquittal of nine respondents (Baban Sonba Gore, Sonba Nana Kalu Gore, Dada Babaji Gore, Babaji Rambhau Gore, Gulab Sonba Gore, Baban Appa Gore, Ba...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Minister's Direction to Reconsider Development Permission in MRTP Act Appeal — Minister Exceeded Jurisdiction Under Section 47 by Converting Appeal into Representation. The Court Held That the Minister Cannot Issue Directions Beyond the Scope of the Statutory Appeal and Must Decide the Appeal on Merits....

The petitioner, Sunil Balakrushna Telang, owned plot nos. 11 and 12 in a private layout in Survey No.110, Village Ravet, within the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation limits. Respondent No.3, Sahy...