Jahanvi Agarwal Over the weekend, in a special setting, the Bombay High Court rejected a petition filed by four law students opposing the Maharashtra government’s declaration of a public holiday on January 22 for the Pran Pratishtha ceremony at Ram Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V According to Section 3 of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986 (MWPA), a divorced Muslim woman is entitled to mehr (lumpsum support payment payable by husband to wife on divorce) from her husband, Read more
Nithyakalyani Narayanan. V The Bombay High Court held that applications under Section 29A of the Arbitration Act to extend the time to complete the arbitration beyond the statutory limit can be entertained even after such period has expired. According to Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal The Bombay High Court recently affirmed the authority’s decision to deny entry to a petitioner into the examination hall due to his failure to carry a hard copy of the Medical Registration certificate issued by the Medical Council. Read more
Vidushi Vats A recent petition, submitted by Faaiz Anwar Qureshi, a cine worker and artist, advocated for a complete ban on Indian entities engaging with Pakistani artists. The Bombay High Court has firmly rejected this petition, affirming that true patriotism Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal According to Justice Gautam Patel of the Bombay High Court, a ‘hero cop’ delivering swift justice without regard for the law, as shown in blockbuster films like ‘Singham’, sends out a very harmful message. At a gathering initiated by the Read more
Vidushi Vats The Bombay High Court has reaffirmed the Rs. 51,000 compensation awarded to the mother of a 24-year-old man who tragically lost his life in a railway accident 44 years ago from a collision between a truck and a train Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Recently, the Bombay High Court reacted to Senior lawyer Jayesh Patel’s behavior by making his junior take responsibility for a case’s rejection. The Division bench consisting of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Arif Doctor directed Advocate Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal On August 22, 2023, the Bombay High Court’s Goa bench ruled that the Archbishops of Goa, Daman, and Diu are not “public authorities” as defined by the Right to Information Act (RTI Act) and are also not required Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal In the Durbar Hall of the Governor’s official residence at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai, Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay took his oath to serve as Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court. In the presence of Chief Minister Eknath Read more