High Court of Bombay
4,154 judgments
HLV Limited v. Airports Authority of India
The Bombay High Court held that eviction disputes under lease deeds deemed as public premises are excluded from arbitration by contract, dismissing Leela's appeals and upholding eviction proceedings by AAI.
Smt. Shashikala Sriram Shetty v. Jagannath Honnaya Shetty & Ors.
The High Court held that amendment of written statement after trial commencement requires due diligence and quashed the trial court's order allowing amendment without such diligence.
Harish Arora; Venetia Palia; Phiroze Karmali; Khalid Omar Wakani; Nafees Khan; Vinay Wadhera v. The Deputy Registrar of Cooperative Societies; Devdas A. Aroskar; Aarti Gupta; Sneha Rajani; Uday Shetty; Bennie Philips; Parmvir S. Parmar; Bobbie Phillips; B
The Bombay High Court held that disqualification of cooperative society managing committee members for non-compliance with redevelopment guidelines is unsustainable as the guidelines are directory, and orders passed without natural justice and ignoring binding precedents are liable to be quashed.
Jindal Poly Films Ltd. v. Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation
The Bombay High Court held that appeals under Section 406 of the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act, 1949 are appellate proceedings governed by the Code of Civil Procedure, and rejected the petitioner's application for additional evidence for failing to meet procedural conditions.
Sandhya Shekhar Zanjare v. Shekhar Suresh Zanjare
The Bombay High Court quashed the Family Court's order allowing amendment of divorce petition after trial commencement due to lack of due diligence and fundamental change in suit nature.
Ramanlal Hiralal Taak v. The Government of India & Anr.
The Bombay High Court held that statutory solatium under the Land Acquisition Act is payable for National Highways land acquisitions post-1997 but cannot be added by modifying arbitral awards under Sections 34 or 37 of the Arbitration Act.
Sandeep Bhausaheb Shelar v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors.
The Bombay High Court held that a quasi judicial authority must first adjudicate an earlier application by flat purchasers for cooperative society registration before entertaining a developer’s subsequent proposal, quashing orders that favored the developer without such adjudication.
Taluka and District-Ratnagiri v. Ravindra Tukaram Ambre
The High Court upheld the execution order construing an ambiguous decree to ensure effective removal of obstructions and access rights, dismissing the writ petition challenging the execution proceedings.
Hemang Jadavji Shah v. The State of Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court held the petitioner’s arrest illegal for failure to produce him before the magistrate within 24 hours and non-compliance with procedural safeguards, ordering his immediate release.
Andheri P.M.G.P. Colony Co-op. Hsg. Societies Association Ltd. v. State of Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court upheld the State Government's waiver of consent requirements for MHADA-led redevelopment of dilapidated buildings, dismissing the petition challenging the process and affirming MHADA's right to proceed without unanimous society consent.
Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation v. Union Bank of India
The Bombay High Court upheld the validity of a mortgage executed without lessor's consent as a breach of lease, limited subletting charges to a defined period, and dismissed MIDC's writ petition challenging the Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal's order.
Mahendarsingh Digvijaysingh Mukne v. The State of Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court upheld the constitutional validity of Rule 4(1)(a)(i) of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Rules, 1975, restricting transfer of tribal land to non-tribals for agricultural purposes, dismissing the petition challenging it under Article 14.
Jagruk Nagrik Sanghatana v. The State of Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court dismissed the PIL seeking removal of telecommunication towers on health hazard and illegality grounds, holding that scientific evidence does not support health risk claims and that the Telecommunications Act, 2023 governs tower installation without requiring local development permissions.
Subhash Kisan More v. Abhayankar Jagannath Motiram
The Bombay High Court held that challenges to the inclusion of ineligible voters in the electoral roll can be entertained in an election petition if material particulars are pleaded and the irregularities materially affect the election result, and thus refused to reject the petition at the threshold.
Aryan World School v. Pune Metropolitan Regional Development Authority & Ors.
The Bombay High Court dismissed the petition challenging demolition of unauthorized construction, holding that Gram Panchayat's NOC is invalid post-PMRDA establishment and illegal constructions cannot be regularized.
Mohammad Shafique Rafiq Ahmed Shaikh v. The Chairman, Mumbai Port Trust
The Bombay High Court held that an employee removed for unauthorized absenteeism but not for misconduct involving moral turpitude is entitled to compassionate pension if deserving of special consideration under applicable pension regulations.
Rizvi Education Society v. The Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation
The Bombay High Court allowed the appeal and reinstated the amalgamation of two public trusts under Section 50A(2) of the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, holding that objections by an adverse party relating to pending litigation are not germane and procedural lapses did not vitiate the order.
Vikas Chandrakant Patil v. The State of Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court granted bail to an undertrial accused held for over six years without trial, reaffirming that prolonged pre-trial detention violates the fundamental right to speedy trial under Article 21 of the Constitution.
Vahbiz Pervez Dumasia & Niloufer Pervez Dumasia v. Mr. Jahangir Jeejeebhoy
The Bombay High Court held that it has jurisdiction under Clause XVII of the Letters Patent to appoint guardians for mentally ill adults and appointed the petitioners as guardians and managers of their incapacitated father's person and estate.
Viacom 18 Media Pvt Ltd v. Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax
The Bombay High Court remanded appeals concerning withholding tax liability on payments for satellite transponder services to Intelsat Corporation, directing lower authorities to determine the nature of services and applicability of 'royalty' under domestic law and the India-USA DTAA before adjudicating tax liability.