High Court of Bombay
3,981 judgments
Mr. Aditya Avinash Sood v. The State of Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court rejected bail applications of accused involved in a criminal conspiracy to tamper with evidence by forging medical documents and swapping blood samples in a fatal drunk driving case, emphasizing the gravity of offences and risk of evidence tampering.
Narendra Babarao Deshmukh v. Life Insurance Corporation of India
The Bombay High Court upheld that LIC’s Reduced Paid-up Policies mature on the originally scheduled date or death, rejecting the petitioner’s claim for earlier maturity under the Non-Forfeiture Regulations.
Hitesh Gopal More v. The District Magistrate, Dadra & Nagar Haveli
The Bombay High Court quashed a preventive detention order for failure to supply grounds and documents in the detenue's language, violating Article 22(5) rights.
Vikas @Papya Ashok Shinde v. Commissioner of Police, Thane & State of Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court quashed a preventive detention order due to unexplained delay and held that individual acts not disturbing public order do not justify detention under the MPDA Act.
Nilofer Ramjan Shaikh v. Commissioner of Police, Pune City & Ors.
The Bombay High Court quashed a preventive detention order for lack of public order disturbance and unexplained delay, emphasizing the strict constitutional limits on preventive detention.
M/s. Permanent Magnets Limited v. Mahipat Yadav
The Bombay High Court dismissed the employer's appeal, affirming that applications under Section 33C(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act are maintainable for recovery of previously adjudicated wage arrears and benefits to statutory canteen workers.
Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai v. Kalpita Enclave Co-operative Housing Society
The Bombay High Court allowed the Municipal Corporation's appeal directing removal of obstructing structures on a public DP road, emphasizing public interest over Plaintiffs' claims of incomplete road development.
Naresh Prabhubhai Golani v. State of Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court acquitted appellants convicted of murder and robbery due to failure of prosecution to establish a complete chain of circumstantial evidence beyond reasonable doubt, including vitiated identification and unreliable recoveries.
Naresh Prabhubhai Golani v. State of Maharashtra
The High Court acquitted the appellants due to failure of the prosecution to establish a complete and reliable chain of circumstantial evidence, particularly invalidating identification and last seen together theories.
Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai v. Kalpita Enclave Co-operative Housing Society
The Bombay High Court allowed the Municipal Corporation's appeal directing removal of unauthorized structures obstructing a public DP road, rejecting Plaintiffs' demand for uniform 13.40 meters road width completion before opening the road.
Irwin Edmund Sequeira & Ors. v. Sale Proceeds of MV Karnika
The Bombay High Court allowed a mortgagee's intervention in an Admiralty suit under Rule 1086, holding that intervention depends solely on interest in the vessel or sale proceeds and that scope of defences is to be adjudicated at trial.
Federal Express Corporation v. Fedex Securities Private Ltd. & Ors.
The Bombay High Court granted interim injunction restraining defendants from using the mark FEDEX, holding that their use infringed the plaintiff's registered and well-known trademark despite defendants' reliance on Section 159(5) of the Trade Marks Act, 1999.
Deputy Collector v. M/s. Vasinaka Sahakari Mandal
The Bombay High Court held that the Reference Court under the Land Acquisition Act has jurisdiction to determine the relevant notification date for compensation calculation, rejecting the acquiring body's preliminary objection.
M/s. Ramnarain Sons Pvt Ltd v. The Board of Mumbai Port Authority
The Bombay High Court held that eviction suits instituted before appointment of the Estate Officer under the PPE Act retain jurisdiction in the original court despite subsequent transfers, dismissing the petition challenging Small Causes Court jurisdiction.
Shri Pundlik Dagu Holgade & Ors. v. Shri Pandurang Kashinath Hire & Ors.
The court held that a clear sale deed with a condition to repurchase, lacking debtor-creditor relationship, is not a mortgage by conditional sale, and the right to repurchase extinguished after the stipulated period.
Afsana Enterprises v. The Assistant Municipal Commissioner and Ors.
The Bombay High Court dismissed appeals challenging eviction notices on unauthorized structures on court-controlled land, holding the suits frivolous and an abuse of process, and upheld removal of encroachments with exemplary costs imposed.
Erle Benedict Pereira v. Erlyn Apartment Co-operative Housing Society Ltd
The Bombay High Court upheld the Plaintiff's right to 900 sq.ft. additional FSI reserved in a 1994 Deed of Conveyance against the Society, granting interim relief restraining redevelopment without honoring this entitlement.
Arrow Business Development Consultants Pvt. Ltd. v. Union Bank of India & Ors.
The Court held that ownership of a secured asset under SARFAESI Act transfers only upon issuance of the sale certificate, and an interim moratorium under IBC precludes possession transfer before such issuance.
Thermax Limited v. Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.
The Bombay High Court set aside an arbitral award holding the purchaser responsible for GTG breakdown due to improper maintenance and barred consequential damages claims under contract exclusion clauses.
Lokranjan Breweries Private Limited & Anr v. State of Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court held that licence fees for country liquor manufacture must be charged uniformly at a flat rate per case based on overall production, striking down arbitrary slab-wise differential treatment violating Article 14.