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Justice Sandeep Marne lays down a cause-of-action test to determine whether court fees under the Maharashtra Court Fees Act must be paid per petitioner or per petition in joint writ petitions.
The Bombay High Court dismissed a brother's second appeal, holding that while a coparcener may orally relinquish ancestral property rights, the burden of proving such relinquishment rests squarely on the party asserting it.
Justice Milind N. Jadhav quashed a decade-old criminal intimidation FIR, finding a 19-year-old XII standard student had no criminal intent when confronted by a mob at a chawl in Dadar.
The Bombay High Court's Nagpur Bench upheld police refusal of a proposed Kavad Yatra route, holding that no fundamental right entitles an organiser to insist on a particular road for a religious procession.
Justice Sandeep Marne rules that an ICC email ruling out a sexual element without any inquiry still constitutes a Section 13(2) recommendation, making an appeal under Section 18 of the POSH Act maintainable.
Justice Abhay Ahuja directed that once an officer orders issuance of a probate grant, the Registry must not entertain any Caveat or cross Petition unless specifically directed by the Court.
A Division Bench of the Bombay High Court took suo moto cognisance of news reports describing inadequate facilities in girls' hostels across Maharashtra and appointed an Amicus Curiae to assist the Court.
Justice Sandeep Marne dismisses MCGM's challenge, holding that Community Health Volunteers engaged for over 38 years qualify as "employees" under the Minimum Wages Act regardless of their designation as volunteers.
Justice Sharmila U. Deshmukh held that the petition challenging Sunil Kamble's 2024 assembly win failed to plead material facts required under Section 83 of the Representation of the People Act.
Justice Prafulla Khubhalkar holds that slogan-raising at a commemoration and downloading books supporting Maoist ideology do not prima facie constitute an offence, granting interim protection to the applicant.
The High Court of J&K and Ladakh set aside a show cause notice issued by a Judicial Magistrate to the District Collector, Shopian, finding the Magistrate had exceeded jurisdictional authority in a Section 125 CrPC maintenance enforcement matter.
The Bombay High Court's Aurangabad Bench held the trial court's acquittal perverse, finding the child victim's testimony trustworthy and corroborated by medical evidence and a discovery panchanama.
The Bombay High Court resolved a contempt petition over withheld RTE dues but warned that indefinite administrative inaction undermines the statute's social welfare purpose.
The Bombay High Court's Kolhapur Circuit Bench has flagged cracked ceilings, tilting pillars, and water seepage at the 12th-century Kopeshwar Temple, and questioned whether heritage funds are being diverted to unrelated public works.
A Bombay High Court Division Bench held that roughly 41 ILS Law College students with 46–54% attendance qualify for the Supreme Court's one-time protection, regardless of year or semester.
Four law colleges, shut out of CAP Round 1 despite complying with the court's 30 July directions, won emergency timelines from Bombay HC requiring BCI, DHE, and the State CET Cell to act within 48 hours.
The Bombay High Court quashed an FIR under the Motor Vehicles Act where a student's breath-alcohol reading exceeded the legal limit by just 0.1 mg, finding the margin absorbed by the analyser's own tolerance.
The Bombay High Court held that equivalence proceedings cannot be initiated when two universities confer the identical Ph.D degree, and quashed Shivaji University's refusal to approve a professor's appointment.
Justice N.J. Jamadar held that an OCI cardholder mother-in-law may invoke the Senior Citizens Act, 2007, but set aside the eviction order against a daughter-in-law residing in her matrimonial home.
The Bombay High Court held that a 19-year-old who followed and slapped a schoolmate out of anger lacked the sexual intent required to attract Section 12 of the POCSO Act.
The Nagpur Bench held that the Chairman-cum-Managing Director of MOIL, a Companies Act entity, exercises no sovereign function and cannot be removed by a writ of quo warranto.
The Bombay High Court dismissed a writ petition by an RPF constable removed from service after a video of him outraging a woman's modesty on Kalyan Railway Station's platform went viral.
Justice Jitendra Jain holds that a motor vehicle undergoing repairs is still "in use" under Section 147, and a private garage accessible to the public qualifies as a "public place" under Section 2(34).
The Bombay High Court has ordered CARA to issue a No Objection Certificate for a Hindu adoption of a relative's child, rejecting the authority's refusal on inter-country adoption grounds.
