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The Court held that landowners are entitled to compensation for land acquired for a service road in a National Highway widening project and directed payment of the compensation amount, holding the denial of compensation for such land to be arbitrary.
“Addressing the apprehension of auction sale of an arrested vessel, the Bombay High Court held that in view of the earlier auction process having failed due to technical reasons and the petitioner having made out a strong prima facie case, no auction of the vessel would be permissible at this stage.”
Observing that certain provisions of Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015 were challenged for being ultra vires, the Court granted interim relief by restricting the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) from passing any coercive order against Anil Ambani.
In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 124(2) of the Constitution, the President appointed Justice Shree Chandrashekhar, Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, to be Judge of Supreme Court of India.
In the present case, the deceased had borrowed money from the creditors who allegedly pursued repayment, causing him stress and unusual behaviour. He later fell ill under suspicious circumstances and was declared dead, with allegations of suicide due to harassment.
The President of India has appointed 6 additional judges of Bombay High Court as Permanent Judges of the Bombay High Court on 6 June 2026.
The Court held that once a company ceases to exist pursuant to amalgamation, proceedings cannot be continued and an assessment order cannot be passed in its name.
Noting that nine years of complete inaction, with only vague references to settlement talks, constituted an implied abandonment terminating the proceedings under Section 32(2)(c), the Bombay High Court dismissed the application for substitution.
The Bombay High Court noted that since the FIR was registered under Section 376 IPC without prima facie examination of the allegations and given the unexplained delay and contradictions in the victim’s statements, the prosecution case lacked legal foundation and the conviction was liable to be set aside.
To apply Section 3061 of the Penal Code, 1860, it is expected of prosecution to demonstrate that there is live link/active role played by appellant in instigating the suicide.
Eruption of wisdom tooth may at the most suggest that the age of the person is 17 years or above, but non-eruption or absence of wisdom tooth does not conclusively prove that the person is below 18 years of age.
The two Supreme Court collegium resolutions were passed on 02-05-2023.
Bombay High Court discussed various provisions of the original Copyright Act, 1957, its 2012 amendment, Parliamentary report and relevant cases dealt by Supreme Court and High Courts relevant to the instant claim.
Bombay High Court perused the said Regulation of DCPR which was the ground for denying permission by MCGM and did not notice any restriction for recreation area in the mall for the purpose proposed.
Society residents obligated to provide drinking water to stray dogs due to onset of summer heat.
The Court directed to remit the matter back for fresh disposal before another bench of the High Court.
The Court stated that the “claim of the respondents ought to have been tested by the Tribunal and the High Court in the proper perspective to see whether it is an attempt to get the best of both the worlds.”
by Abhiraj Gandhi† and Nirali Shah††
Cite as: 2023 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 34
The accused had pleaded with IAS officer Smt. Ashwini Bhide to look for alternatives so that the trees in the Aarey Forest area, which he has stated to be about 3,500 in number, can be saved during the construction of a car-shed on the same land.