High Court of Bombay
5,131 judgments
Gera Developments Pvt. Ltd. v. Sangita Shivaji Kate
The Bombay High Court upheld the trial court's order allowing amendment to include lease-related claims and impleading lessees as defendants in a partition suit, emphasizing the necessity of such amendments for comprehensive adjudication without altering the suit's fundamental nature.
Pr. Commissioner of Income Tax-3 Mumbai v. Banzai Estates P. Ltd.
The Bombay High Court upheld that rental income from a property owned by the assessee is taxable as income from house property under Section 22 of the Income Tax Act, rejecting Revenue's claim to treat it as business income, applying the principle of consistency.
Damodar Badrinarayan Bhandari v. Vishnu Dagdu Darekar
The Bombay High Court upheld the Trial Court's rejection of the third party purchaser's application to dismiss a partition suit over ancestral HUF properties alienated without consent, holding that mutation entries do not extinguish coparceners' rights and the suit is maintainable.
M/s. TML Business Services Ltd. v. The Deputy Commissioner of Salex Tax
The Bombay High Court held that a tax refund for 2011-2012 cannot be adjusted against a settled 2010-2011 demand under the Settlement Scheme, directing refund with interest to the petitioner.
Nasim Razzak Ghanchi and Anr. v. The State of Maharashtra and Ors.
The High Court held that determination of legal representatives under Order XXII Rule 5 CPC requires a summary enquiry including evidence and remanded the matter for fresh trial, clarifying that such determination does not decide inheritance rights.
Rajendra S. Bajaj v. The Union of India
The Bombay High Court held that used personal jewellery worn by a foreign tourist is exempt from customs duty under Rule 7 of the Baggage Rules, 1998, quashing confiscation and penalty imposed by Customs authorities.
Anjlli Patil alias Anjlii Gaurav Sharma v. Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Ltd
The Bombay High Court held that the wife of an Indian Soldier residing with and dependent on her husband is entitled to full remission of court fees under Maharashtra Government Notifications, quashing the trial court's order requiring payment.
Leonard Holding & Trading Pvt. Ltd. v. Satish Dhirajlal Vithlani
The Bombay High Court held that re-examination of a witness cannot be conducted by filing an affidavit in-lieu and must be conducted orally by the Court or a Commissioner as mandated under Order 18 Rule 4 CPC.
Mahesh Ramdas Jejurkar v. The Union of India & Ors.
The Bombay High Court quashed a COFEPOSA detention order for failing to specify the precise statutory ground of detention, holding that such ambiguity vitiates the subjective satisfaction and violates procedural safeguards under the Constitution.
Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd. v. USV Private Limited
The Bombay High Court held that the respondent's activity constituted manufacturing, not unauthorized use of electricity, and upheld the levy of industrial tariff under the Electricity Act, 2003.
Ajit Prabhakar Kulkarni v. State of Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court dismissed the petition to quash an FIR alleging extortion and intimidation of a public servant through social media threats, holding that virtual force falls within Section 353 IPC and the FIR discloses prima facie cognizable offences.
Kishore Tulshiram Mantri v. Dilip Janak Mantri & Ors.
The Bombay High Court held that an executing court cannot modify a final partition decree based on a belatedly produced Will suppressed during trial and appeals, dismissing the writ petition challenging the rejection of such application.
M/S Hotel Ratanamahal v. Mr. Shivaji Chandrakant Sonawane
The High Court set aside the Labour Court's award of reinstatement and back wages to an employee who voluntarily abandoned service to contest elections and suppressed material facts, holding that such relief is inadmissible despite procedural lapses by the employer.
Konkan LNG Limited v. The Commissioner of State Tax
The Bombay High Court held that a breakwater constructed adjacent to a jetty is a civil structure and not "plant and machinery" under GST law, thus disallowing input tax credit on its construction.
Symbiosis Open Education Society v. University Grants Commission
The Bombay High Court upheld UGC's accreditation and programme offering criteria for distance and online education but directed exemption for skill universities pending development of appropriate accreditation standards.
V. K. Pandey & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.
The Bombay High Court dismissed writ petitions challenging the non-application of Dockyard Memorandum 6/85 to apprentices who joined after its cessation, holding that subsequent valid memorandums govern their service conditions and that the earlier Tribunal order was not binding on them.
Hemant Sambhaji Pawar & Ors. v. The State of Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court quashed criminal proceedings under Section 498-A IPC as an abuse of process where the complainant repeated previously resiled allegations resulting in acquittal, emphasizing protection against misuse of law in matrimonial disputes.
Amol Bhagwan Nehul v. The State of Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court dismissed the petition to quash rape and related charges, holding that prima facie allegations disclose offenses and the court cannot conduct a mini-trial at the quashing stage.
Lata Ratan Rokade v. The State of Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court upheld the validity of prior approval under the M.C.O.C. Act and dismissed anticipatory bail, holding that bail under Section 438 Cr.P.C. is barred in M.C.O.C. cases except in rare circumstances under Article 226.
Lata Ratan Rokade v. The State of Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court upheld the validity of prior approval under the M.C.O.C. Act and denied anticipatory bail to the petitioner, emphasizing the statutory embargo and sparing exercise of writ jurisdiction for bail in organised crime cases.