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The Bombay High Court upheld the constitutional validity of a 2014 amendment to the Maharashtra Entertainments Duty Act, 1923which empowers the State to levy entertainment duty on “convenience fees” exceeding ₹10 charged by cinema owners or online ticketing platforms for facilitating the online purchase of movie tickets. The Division Bench of Justice M.S. Sonak and…
Bombay High Court: The present application was filed by the applicant-wife, who sought transfer of matrimonial proceedings initiated by her husband before the Family Court at Pune to the Civil Court, Senior Division, Kalamb, District Osmanabad, citing that she resided there and had no independent source of income. A Single Judge Bench of Kamal Khata,…
The Bombay High Court has held that a Revisional Court, while exercising powers under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), ought to be mindful of the scope of the original proceeding before entertaining interim applications during the pendency of a Revision Application, and cannot grant interim relief allowing possession of a disputed structure in…
The Bombay High Court held that Section 194C and Section 194LA of the Income Tax Act would not apply when TDR Certificates are issued in lieu of compensation. Justices B.P. Colabawalla and Firdosh p. pooniwalla agreed with the assessee that the words “or by any other mode” appearing in Section 194C would have to be…
The Bombay High Court on Monday (August 4) referred to a larger bench to decide as to whether a Caste Scrutiny Committee (CSC) has powers to suo motu recall its own orders granting validity to caste certificates on the ground that it were vitiated by fraud, misrepresentation or suppression of material facts. A division bench…
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (August 5) expressed shock over the conduct of a Station House Officer (SHO) of Pune Police, who refused to lodge an FIR on the complaint of a Muslim family on the ground that an FIR was already lodged against the family in a road rage case by a Hindu…
The Bombay High Court held that the bar against admissibility of instrument which was chargeable with stamp duty and not stamped is absolute, irrespective of the nature of purpose, be it for main or collateral purpose. The Trial Court had granted a temporary injunction in favour of the Respondent on the basis of admission of…
In a major development, the Bombay High Court will finally get Bench for the Western Maharashtra at Kolhapur district, which will be the fourth bench of the High Court, from August 18. A notification to this effect, was issued by Chief Justice Alok Aradhe on Friday (August 1). “In exercise of the powers conferred by…
The Bombay High Court observed that the second trial is not forbidden upon obtaining a valid sanction. The Nagpur Bench observed thus in a Criminal Writ Petition filed by the State against the Order of the Additional Sessions Judge by which the accused Public Servant was discharged. A Single Bench of Justice Urmila Joshi-Phalke said,…
Bombay High Court: In a matter related to a multi-crore property development dispute over 12.5 acres of land in Malvani, Mumbai, a Single Judge Bench of Somasekhar Sundaresan, J., allowed the appeal filed by Atul Projects India Pvt. Ltd. (‘Atul Projects’), setting aside the arbitral tribunal’s order that had denied interim protection concerning its development…
