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Justice Ranjitsinha Raja Bhonsale refused relief under Section 482, holding that the planning authority had itself doubted the plan and that a civil remedy does not bar a criminal case.
Justice Sandeep V. Marne rejects the workmen's case on functional integrality and Section 25-FFA, but extends 1999 voluntary retirement benefits to all 85 of them without adjustment.
Justices A.S. Gadkari and Kamal Khata hold that Chapter 10 of the UDCPR does not displace the planning authority's power to relax, while recording that the petitioner's RTI queries were answered belatedly and vaguely.
A Division Bench quashes the State's insistence on a fresh test, grants permanency within two weeks, and asks the government to end long-term contractual hiring across municipal corporations.
Justice N.J. Jamadar held that transferring interim custody of a girl raised since infancy by a non-guardian stranger would harm her welfare, even though her biological parents retain legal rights.
Bombay High Court sets aside a trial court order adding an assignee as co-plaintiff, holding that a deed of assignment executed before the suit was filed cannot justify impleadment under Order I Rule 10 CPC.
The Bombay High Court continued ad-interim protection for applicant Suryakant Yewale and directed the DGP and investigating officer to file replies in a government land purchase case.
The Bombay High Court held that a dependent mother cannot be denied family pension merely because her deceased bachelor son had surviving married sisters, reading down Explanation I to Rule 116(16)(b)(iv) of Maharashtra's Pension Rules.
The Bombay High Court told food safety authorities that suspensions must be revoked automatically on compliance, without forcing businesses to return to court each time.
The Bombay High Court's Nagpur Bench found two Akola police officers violated Article 21 by arresting a 26-year-old student without communicating grounds of arrest, then making false statements to the court about seizing his mobile phone.
The Bombay High Court held that the four-attempt cap under Regulation 21 of the Graduate Medical Education Regulations 2023 applies to the entire First Professional MBBS year, not individual subjects.
Justice Sandeep Marne lays down a cause-of-action test to determine whether court fees under the Maharashtra Court Fees Act must be paid per petitioner or per petition in joint writ petitions.
The Bombay High Court dismissed a brother's second appeal, holding that while a coparcener may orally relinquish ancestral property rights, the burden of proving such relinquishment rests squarely on the party asserting it.
Justice Milind N. Jadhav quashed a decade-old criminal intimidation FIR, finding a 19-year-old XII standard student had no criminal intent when confronted by a mob at a chawl in Dadar.
The Bombay High Court's Nagpur Bench upheld police refusal of a proposed Kavad Yatra route, holding that no fundamental right entitles an organiser to insist on a particular road for a religious procession.
Justice Sandeep Marne rules that an ICC email ruling out a sexual element without any inquiry still constitutes a Section 13(2) recommendation, making an appeal under Section 18 of the POSH Act maintainable.
Justice Abhay Ahuja directed that once an officer orders issuance of a probate grant, the Registry must not entertain any Caveat or cross Petition unless specifically directed by the Court.
A Division Bench of the Bombay High Court took suo moto cognisance of news reports describing inadequate facilities in girls' hostels across Maharashtra and appointed an Amicus Curiae to assist the Court.
Justice Sandeep Marne dismisses MCGM's challenge, holding that Community Health Volunteers engaged for over 38 years qualify as "employees" under the Minimum Wages Act regardless of their designation as volunteers.
Justice Sharmila U. Deshmukh held that the petition challenging Sunil Kamble's 2024 assembly win failed to plead material facts required under Section 83 of the Representation of the People Act.
Justice Prafulla Khubhalkar holds that slogan-raising at a commemoration and downloading books supporting Maoist ideology do not prima facie constitute an offence, granting interim protection to the applicant.
The High Court of J&K and Ladakh set aside a show cause notice issued by a Judicial Magistrate to the District Collector, Shopian, finding the Magistrate had exceeded jurisdictional authority in a Section 125 CrPC maintenance enforcement matter.
The Bombay High Court's Aurangabad Bench held the trial court's acquittal perverse, finding the child victim's testimony trustworthy and corroborated by medical evidence and a discovery panchanama.
The Bombay High Court resolved a contempt petition over withheld RTE dues but warned that indefinite administrative inaction undermines the statute's social welfare purpose.
