High Court of Bombay
5,131 judgments
Shridhar Kashinath Bhagat v. Sub-Divisional Officer at Panvel and Ors.
The Bombay High Court upheld interim closure orders under Section 133 CrPC against stone crushing plants near Mumbai Trans Harbour Sea Link as valid precautionary measures pending expert inquiry into alleged public nuisance and danger.
Raj Shipping Agencies Ltd. v. The Board of Trustees of the Port of Mumbai
The Bombay High Court held that berth hire charges must be levied based on actual GRT as per binding TAMP clarification, quashing the port authority's demand notices and restraining enforcement.
Rajkumar @ Bheli Ramtirth Nishad v. The State of Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court acquitted the appellant in a murder case due to failure of the prosecution to establish a complete chain of circumstantial evidence beyond reasonable doubt.
Sandeep Vilas Ranade and Anr. v Pune Municipal Corporation and Ors.
The Bombay High Court dismissed petitions challenging demolition of illegal commercial structures in Pune's green belt zone, holding that deliberate violations cannot be regularised and interim relief against demolition is not warranted without bona fide applications.
Apollo Tyres Limited v. Union of India & Ors.
The Bombay High Court held that writ petitions challenging GST show cause notices are not maintainable at the notice stage absent fundamental rights violations or jurisdictional defects, directing the petitioner to respond to the notice and pursue statutory remedies.
Ivory Properties & Hotels Private Limited v. Vasantben Ramniklal Bhuta
The Bombay High Court upheld the setting aside of an arbitral award directing specific performance of an incomplete, unexecuted draft agreement, holding the award patently illegal and dismissing the developer's appeals.
Pooja Gagan Jain v. State of Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court held that a juvenile released on bail under the Juvenile Justice Act cannot be detained in an Observation Home without revoking bail, and quashed illegal detention orders, directing immediate release.
Sunil Gadade & Ors. v. Divisional Joint Registrar & Ors.
The Bombay High Court held that an appeal under Section 152 of the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act is maintainable against the registration order of a cooperative society by the District Deputy Registrar pursuant to directions under MOFA.
Rajesh Sharma v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.
The Bombay High Court dismissed a public interest litigation challenging MSEDCL's composite power procurement tender, holding that the petitioner lacked locus standi and that judicial review of tender processes is limited to illegality or arbitrariness.
Madhavi Chintamani Shastrabuddhe v. Jarloksingh H. S. Talwar
The Bombay High Court allowed the appeal and enhanced compensation to a legally blind medical practitioner, recognizing complete loss of earning capacity due to accident-induced visual disability.
Harish Kumar Narang v. Rajni Tahil Bhambhawani
The Bombay High Court held that eviction under Section 24 of the Maharashtra Rent Control Act based on unregistered but executed Leave and License Agreements is maintainable, as such agreements are conclusive evidence of the facts stated therein, and non-registration does not invalidate eviction proceedings.
HDFC Bank Limited v. Registrar of Companies Mumbai; Union of India
The Bombay High Court quashed an order under Section 206(4) of the Companies Act, 2013 for lack of procedural compliance and failure to record requisite satisfaction, holding the order without jurisdiction.
Saraswati Santosh Rathod v. Commissioner of Police Pune City
The Bombay High Court upheld the preventive detention of a bootlegger under the Maharashtra Prevention Of Dangerous Activities Act, 1981, holding that illicit manufacture and sale of liquor with ethyl alcohol content and terrorizing the public justifies detention as prejudicial to public order.
Tata Capital Limited v. Geeta Passi
The Bombay High Court held that the moratorium under Section 96 of the IB Code stays arbitration proceedings in respect of the entire debt, and writ jurisdiction cannot be invoked to challenge interlocutory arbitration orders absent patent illegality.
Keller Ground Engineering India Private Limited v. Archon Powerinfra India Pvt. Ltd. & Ors.
The Bombay High Court held that it has jurisdiction under Section 11 of the Arbitration Act to appoint an arbitrator where parties designate Mumbai as the seat of arbitration, rejecting territorial jurisdiction objections and confining merits to the Arbitral Tribunal.
Vithalnagar Co-operative Housing Society Ltd. v. Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai
The Bombay High Court held that common plots conveyed as tenants in common to Co-owner Societies under 1960 conveyances are valid absolute transfers of ownership, rejecting MCGM's claim of statutory vesting under Section 38(2) of the Bombay Housing Board Act, 1948 due to absence of Board resolution.
Sunni Muslim Chota Qabrastan v. Anisuddin Mohammad Jamil & Anr.
The Bombay High Court held that a landlord is a proper party to be impleaded in a tenant's suit challenging municipal demolition notices, setting aside the trial court's rejection of impleadment.
Kamlakar Purushotam Inamdar & Ors. v. Smt. Rajani Shriram Madiwale & Ors.
The court held that Kashidwadi property is self acquired and Padali property ancestral, and only daughters alive on 9th September 2005 and their heirs are entitled to coparcenary rights under amended Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act.
Nahar Seth & Jogani Developers Pvt Ltd v. Dy. Registrar Co-operative Societies & Competent Authority
The Bombay High Court quashed a deemed conveyance order granted in violation of binding Consent Decrees and directed parties to execute conveyance and lease deeds as per settled terms.
ATYATI Technologies Private Limited v. COGNIZANT Technologies Solutions US Corporation & Anr.
The Bombay High Court vacated the ex-parte ad-interim injunction against the Defendants due to the Plaintiff's suppression of material facts and misrepresentation regarding the timing of knowledge of the Defendants' use of the impugned logo.