High Court of Bombay
5,061 judgments
Patel Engineering Ltd. v. Acron Developers Pvt. Ltd.
The Bombay High Court upheld the arbitral award in a construction contract dispute, rejecting the petitioner’s challenge on grounds of coercion, additional claims, delay, and invocation of bank guarantees.
Seema Sureshchandra Mehata & Ors. v. Marvel Realtors & Developers Limited & Ors.
The Bombay High Court allowed the writ petition directing the civil court to execute the RERA possession order expeditiously, holding that procedural non-compliance cannot defeat substantive justice and imposed costs on the developer for delaying possession.
Ramesh Himatlal Shah v. Union of India
The Bombay High Court quashed a Look Out Circular against a businessman after investigation found no material against him, holding that continuation of LOC without pending proceedings is an abuse of process.
Sana Talha Khan v. State of Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court upheld the first informant's right to orally oppose a discharge application, recognizing expanded victim participation rights under the 2009 Cr.P.C. amendment.
Shankar Tukaram Gaikar and Ors. v. Suvarnaprabha Dattatraya Adurkar and Ors.
The High Court dismissed the Gaikar family's writ petition challenging deletion of their names from Revenue Records due to inordinate delay without condonation, affirming that mutation entries do not confer title and title disputes must be resolved by Civil Courts.
Borivali Shree Ganesh Nateshwar Cooperative Housing Society Ltd v. The Gorai Road MHB Cooperative Housing Society Association
The Bombay High Court granted interim relief protecting a cooperative housing society's right to independently redevelop its property, holding that the foundational agreements underlying the redevelopment plan were terminated and the plan rendered incapable of performance, thus entitling the society to protection from interference under Section 9 of the Arbitration Act.
Kailash Maheshwari v. State of Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court held that disqualification of cooperative society committee members under Section 75(5) requires individual responsibility and judicial exercise of discretion, quashing indiscriminate disqualification orders and remitting for fresh consideration.
M/s. Renuka Maternity Child Care and Fertility Clinic v. City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Limited & Ors.
The Bombay High Court set aside CIDCO's arbitrary cancellation of a hospital plot tender after State Government approval, directing allotment to the highest bidder partnership firm.
Larsen And Toubro Limited v. High Parra Construction Pvt Ltd
The Bombay High Court dismissed Larsen & Toubro's challenge to an MSME arbitral award for failure to deposit the statutory amount and absence of sufficient cause to condone delay in filing the challenge.
Sadashiv Parbati Rupnawar v. The State of Maharashtra
The High Court acquitted the appellant of charges under Sections 498-A and 306 IPC, holding that the prosecution failed to prove harassment of such a degree or causal link to suicide required for conviction.
Municipal Staff Om Satlaj Co-op Hsg Sty Ltd v. State of Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court held that a municipal authority cannot insist on an NOC from a terminated and insolvent developer to stall redevelopment projects when a new developer is appointed by the cooperative housing society.
Principal Commissioner of Income Tax, Central-2, Mumbai v. Nahar Enterprises
The Bombay High Court upheld the ITAT's ruling excluding flower beds, service areas, window and cupboard projections from built-up area calculations under Section 80IB(10), dismissing the Revenue's appeal and leaving the validity of the search warrant issue undecided.
Suraj Anand Shukla v. The State of Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court set aside the conviction under Section 385 BNSS for contempt due to procedural irregularity, holding that the learned Judge must refer the matter to the jurisdictional Magistrate as per Section 391 BNSS.
Supriya Raju Mehta v. National Highway Authority of India
The Bombay High Court held that NHAI cannot be treated as a third party to condone a two-year delay in challenging a statutory arbitral award under the National Highways Act, affirming the strict limitation period under Section 34 of the Arbitration Act.
Ganesh Dnyandeo Rokade & Ors. v. The Principal Secretary
Employees appointed on compassionate grounds after 1st November 2005 but included in the selection list before that date are entitled to the Old Pension Scheme as per the Government Resolution dated 1st October 2024.
Sunita Gorakhnath Deshmukh v. State of Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court held that overage objections raised belatedly after long service and retirement cannot be sustained, directing regularization and payment of benefits to employees similarly situated to others whose overage was condoned.
Tukaram Moraba Jaunjal and Ors. v. Mangala Balkrishna Patwardhan and Ors.
The Bombay High Court dismissed the writ petition challenging eviction on ground of continuous non-user without reasonable cause, upholding concurrent factual findings and limiting interference under Article 227.
Baban Sadashiv Sasar and Ors. v. Nivrutti Sabaji Sasar & Ors.
The Bombay High Court dismissed the second appeals holding that the suit for partition challenging old registered sale and gift deeds was barred by limitation and the properties sold to third parties ceased to be joint family property.
M/s. Poonawalla Estate Stud & Agricultural Farm v. Commissioner of Income Tax
The Bombay High Court held that insurance claims received for death of horses treated as capital assets cannot be taxed as profits under Section 41(1) but only as capital receipts under Section 45 of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
Aniket Mahendra Mandhare & Ors. v. Sukhdev Dattatray Waje & Ors.
The Bombay High Court held that a plaint cannot be rejected entirely under Order VII Rule 11 CPC if any relief claimed is maintainable, remanding the suit for trial on merits including alternative claims and limitation issues.