Bombay High Court

Bombay HC plea seeks RBI direction for Tata Sons' stock market listing

Petitioners argue that Tata Sons must comply with RBI listing norms and have also sought Noel Tata's removal from key positions, citing public interest and governance concerns

Bombay HC asks BMC to restore Dia Mirza video removed after objections

The court said an environmental awareness campaign should not be given a communal colour and suggested that the civic body re-upload the actor's video after political objections led to its removal

Explained: Why Maharashtra govt moved Bombay High Court against FSSAI

The Maharashtra government has accused FSSAI of creating a parallel enforcement system and taking away powers vested in state authorities under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006

The New Indian Express moves SC over curbs on promotion outside South India

The publisher has challenged a Bombay High Court ruling restricting promotional activities outside southern India, citing a decades-old trademark settlement within the group

Govt, Volkswagen clash in court over record $1.2 billion tax dispute

Volkswagen tax dispute: India defends $1.2 billion import duty demand

Yes Bank yet to decide on AT-1 bond coupon, says it retains discretion

The lender is evaluating the Supreme Court judgment setting aside the Rs 8,415 crore AT-1 bond write-off and will communicate its decision on coupon payments in due course.

Peaceful protest is a right, but protesters' credentials matter: Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court on Monday observed that while peaceful demonstration is a fundamental right, factors like a protestor's credentials and public inconvenience must be weighed before issuing blanket orders restricting police action. A bench of Chief Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice Advait Sethna directed the Maharashtra government to respond to petitions alleging the illegal detention of individuals by the police during recent anti-Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) protests in the city. The court was hearing a public interest litigation filed by advocate Savar Devre against alleged police brutality and detention of persons who are taking out peaceful demonstrations in solidarity with the protests in Delhi. The plea had sought a direction to the police not to detain any person taking part in such peaceful protests. Advocate Gayatri Singh on Monday submitted an application filed by four persons who were detained by the police last week after participating in a peaceful

AT-1 bonds: The bigger lessons

The Supreme Court's ruling on Yes Bank's AT-1 bond write-off raises concerns over RBI oversight, financial product mis-selling and the limitations of disclosure-based regulation.

Imran Khan moves Bombay HC against notice to leave India by October 28

Bollywood actor Imran Khan, a US citizen, on Saturday filed a petition in the Bombay High Court challenging a notice issued by police directing him to leave India by October 28 after he participated in a political protest, even as he received a show-cause notice from the FRRO as to why his Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) status should not be cancelled. The 43-year-old actor, who had participated in a recent demonstration in Mumbai related to the agitation seeking Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation, received a show-cause notice from the Foreigners Registration Office (FRRO), said his lawyer Zulfiquar Memon. This notice should have been issued before Mumbai Police issued their "abrupt and arbitrary" 'Leave India Notice' to Khan, the lawyer said. In his plea before the High Court, the actor said the notice issued by the Mumbai police was "illegal, arbitrary, perverse and drastic". The petition, filed through advocate Memon and MZM Legal, said the police notice ...

SC upholds Bombay HC ruling quashing Yes Bank's ₹8,415-cr AT1 write-off

The Supreme Court upheld the Bombay High Court's decision to quash Yes Bank's ₹8,415-crore AT1 bond write-off, ruling that the administrator lacked the legal authority.

SC decision could impact Yes Bank's capital, weigh on profitability

Supreme Court ruling on the ₹8,415-crore AT-1 bond write-off could reduce Yes Bank's net worth by up to 26% and its CET-1 ratio to 10%, according to Anand Rathi's analysis

Tata Trusts row: Noel, son Neville Tata move Mumbai courts with caveats

Tata Trusts chairman Noel Tata and his son Neville have filed caveats in city courts in the row surrounding Venu Srinivasan and Vijay Singh, sources said on Wednesday. The caveats filed in the Bombay High Court and also in the Mumbai City Civil Court will ensure that they are heard before the passing of any orders. Both the father and son moved the courts with their caveats on October 7, as per official records. Srinivasan and Singh had filed complaints against Noel and Neville Tata with the Maharahstra Charity Commissioner, alleging governance lapses and irregularities at some of the Tata Trusts. Noel and Neville had earlier filed similar caveats at the charity commissioner's office, according to reports. The caveat in the Bombay High Court has Noel as the caveator, while Srinivasan has been named as the caveatee. Singh has been included as an extra party caveatee along with lawyer Darius Khambata and Tata group veteran Bhaskar Bhat. Noel Tata features as the caveator in the move

Absence of name from draft SIR doesn't mean deletion, ECI tells Bombay HC

Special Intensive Revision is a fresh preparation of electoral rolls and not a Special Summary Revision where the existing roll is only updated, the Election Commission said

Old Monk sales ban costs Maharashtra govt ₹350 cr, company loses ₹500 cr

The liquor manufacturer told the Bombay High Court that the sales restriction has cost it over ₹500 crore, as a dispute with FSSAI over rum flavouring and labelling remains unresolved

Why reject Form 8?: HC questions ECI over automated rejection during SIR

The court questioned whether software can reject Form 8 applications from voters who shifted residence, warning that the process could leave eligible voters out of the electoral roll

Medical community can't be attacked: SC cancels Shiv Sena corporator's bail

Asserting that the medical fraternity cannot be touched, the Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Bombay High Court order granting bail to Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre who was accused of assaulting doctors at a municipal hospital in Thane district. The corporator was directed to surrender within three days A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta admitted the Maharashtra government's order appeal for hearing. "The message should go out loud and clear that the medical fraternity cannot be touched. They serve people and cannot be attacked in this manner," it said. There was a similar incident involving the same party after the Mhatre episode, the apex court noted. Senior advocate Siddharth Dave, appearing for Mhatre, said two witnesses had already been examined. The complainant, a woman doctor, is to be examined on October 3, the trial has started and there is no obstruction, he said. The bench said the Mhatre incident also shows that he was involved in 19 criminal case

Bombay HC sets aside ₹79.7 crore GST demand on Karan Johar's firms

A cinematographic film is not IT software under the GST law, even if delivered via a digital link or hard disk, the Bombay High Court has held while setting aside a tax demand of over Rs 79.7 crore from Karan Johar's two production companies. The mode of delivery remains irrelevant to tax classification, a bench of Justices M S Karnik and Sandesh Patil held in the judgment passed on September 10 in a plea filed by Johar's Dharma Productions and Dharmatic Entertainment. There is nothing on record to show how a cinematographic film, a passive audio-visual work, incapable of execution, manipulation or interactivity could ever satisfy the statutory definition of "information technology software", it said. Whether the content is transmitted physically (hard disks) or electronically, the mode of delivery cannot determine classification, the HC said, adding that there was no statutory basis to equate digital content with software. The dispute concerned the classification of copyright ...

RBI caveat in Bombay High Court limits bid to stall Tata Sons IPO

Plea in Bombay HC to ensure central bank is heard before any order on listing challenge

Mallya evading law, recovery of assets doesn't absolve him: ED to HC

Former liquor baron Vijay Mallya continues to evade the legal process in India, and the recovery of debts by the banks does not absolve him of the money laundering charges, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has submitted to the Bombay High Court. The central agency on September 8 filed its affidavit in response to a petition filed by Mallya in 2020 seeking a closure of the criminal cases lodged against him. His dispute with the banks was settled after the debts were recovered, he had contended. The ED said movable and immovable properties worth Rs 14,131.6 crore were handed over to the SBI-led consortium, but this does not cancel or lead to the dropping of the money laundering charges against Mallya. He left India in March 2016 and did not appear before the investigating authority despite repeated summons, the agency said in its affidavit, noting that a non-bailable warrant was also issued against him. In November 2016, the high-profile businessman was declared a proclaimed ...

Remarks against PM Modi: HC refuses to quash 2019 summons to Rahul Gandhi

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday refused to quash the summons issued to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in 2019 in a defamation complaint over his remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whom he had called a "commander-in-thief". A single bench of Justice N R Borkar dismissed Gandhi's petition against the magistrate court's order. The HC, however, continued its 2021 order directing the magistrate to defer hearing on the complaint for six weeks so that Gandhi can approach the Supreme Court in appeal. The direction to defer the hearing on the defamation complaint meant that Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, would not be required to appear before the magistrate. The complainant, M H Shrishrimal, had opposed Gandhi's plea in the HC, claiming that being a member of BJP, he too was aggrieved by the remarks made against his leader. The court refused to accept Gandhi's contention that the complainant was not an aggrieved party as the remarks were against a person and not th