bombay high court… Bombay High Court Weighs Appointment of “Mitigating Investigators” in Death Reference, Seeks State’s Response on Duplication of Mitigation Exercise 4 Aug 2026 Introduction In an interlocutory order that touches on an evolving and important area of death penalty jurisprudence — how courts gather mitigating circumstances before confirming a death sentence — the…
bombay high court… Bombay High Court Orders De Novo Probe by State CID After “Shocking” Lapses in POCSO Investigation 28 Jul 202628 Jul 2026 Introduction In a strongly worded order, the Bombay High Court's Kolhapur Bench has transferred the investigation into a POCSO case to the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID), directing a fresh,…
bombay high court… Bombay High Court Upholds Child’s RTE Admission Based on Mother’s Caste Certificate (Single Mother Case) 25 Jul 2026 Background X, a single mother working as a house help in Pune, applied for her daughter’s admission under the Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009 quota in an English Medium…
bombay high court… Bombay High Court Quashes Externment Order Against SDPI Leader – Protests Against Government Policies Not Grounds for Externment 3 Jul 2026 The Bombay High Court has set aside externment orders passed against Saeed Ahmad Abdul Wahid Chaudhary, Secretary of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), holding that organising protests and…
bombay high court… Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging Arrest – Clarifies Distinction Between Section 50 & Section 207 CrPC 1 Jul 2026 The Bombay High Court (Kolhapur Bench) has rejected a petition filed by an accused seeking release on the ground that documents forming part of the earlier charge sheet were not…
bombay high court… Bombay High Court Sets Aside ICC Order in POSH Case – Holds Shared Public Autorickshaw Not a “Workplace” Under Sexual Harassment Act 18 Jun 2026 The Bombay High Court has set aside an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) order holding an SBI employee guilty of sexual harassment. The Court ruled that an incident in a shared…
bombay high court… Bombay High Court Holds that Mere Failure of Wife to Perform Domestic Chores like Cooking and Cleaning Does Not Amount to Cruelty; Sets Aside Divorce Decree and Awards Maintenance 21 May 2026 The Bombay High Court, in its judgment dated 08.05.2026 delivered by Justice Bharati Dangre and Justice Manjusha Deshpande in Family Court Appeal Nos.159 and 161 of 2010, allowed the appeals…
bombay high court… Bombay High Court Holds Employer Not Obliged to Issue Relieving Letter or Service Certificate to Employee Who Resigns in Breach of Service Bond 8 May 2026 The Bombay High Court has set aside an interlocutory order passed by the Industrial Court directing an aviation company to issue a relieving letter and service certificate to an employee…
bombay high court… Bombay High Court Grants Regular Bail in NDPS Case Holding That Application Under Section 439 CrPC / Section 483 BNSS Is Maintainable for Claiming Default Bail Under Section 167(2) CrPC / Section 187(3) BNSS When Grounds Are Pleaded; Observes Filing of Charge-Sheet Without FSL Report as “Strange Procedure” 28 Apr 2026 The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court has allowed the bail application filed by Ashish Prakash Walke and directed his release on regular bail in connection with Crime No.853/2025…
bombay high court… Bombay HC: Girl Won’t Falsely Accuse Father of Rape Over Studies or Marriage Fears – Upholds Life Term in POCSO Case 11 Mar 2026 The Bombay High Court has rejected the defence theory of "false implication" raised by a father convicted for repeatedly raping his minor daughter, holding that no child would level such…
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