India - High Court of Bombay

Bombay High Court Issues Administrative Recusal Order in Balwadkar vs Pune Municipal Corporation Case

Administrative Recusal: Bombay High Court Reassigns Balwadkar Matter In a move reflecting the meticulous standards of judicial propriety, the Bombay High Court has issued a brief but significant administrative order concerning a seri...

19 Jan 2026

India - High Court of Karnataka

Transferring Public Servants Without Posting is Improper: High Court of Karnataka in WP 14745/2026

High Court Critiques State Practice of 'Transfer Without Posting' in Service Dispute The High Court of Karnataka has once again voiced its disapproval regarding the administrative practice of transferring government officials without ensuring a subsequent posting. The division ...

14 May 2026

India - High Court of Bombay

Ex Parte Divorce Decrees Require Independent Merits Analysis, Not Automatic Approval: Bombay High Court

Beyond Mechanical Justice: Bombay High Court Reaffirms Need for Judicial Scrutiny in Uncontested Divorces In a stern reminder to trial courts that silence does not equate to an admission of guilt, the Bombay High Court has set aside anex partedivorce decree, ruli...

01 Oct 2025

India - High Court of Bombay

Minor’s Consent Irrelevant Under POCSO: Bombay High Court Refuses to Quash FIR in Child Marriage Case

Law Over Love: Bombay High Court Rejects Quashing of FIR in Underage Marriage Case In a significant ruling, theBombay High Courtat Nagpur has reaffirmed the stringent legal safeguards surrounding the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The bench, comprising Justice Urmila...

26 Sep 2025

India - High Court of Bombay

Bombay High Court Modifies Conviction from Section 302 to 304-II IPC on Plea of Grave and Sudden Provocation

From Murder to Culpable Homicide: Bombay HC Weighs Emotional Trigger in Landmark Ruling In a significant judgment delivered by the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court, the court has revisited the fine line between murder and culpable homicide, ru...

17 Oct 2025

India - High Court of Bombay

Trial Court's Grant of Final Relief at Ad-Interim Stage Without Reasoning is Perverse: Bombay High Court

Judicial Overreach or Fair Protection? Bombay HC Intervenes inMumbai Press ClubDisputeIn a significant order delivered by the vacation bench, theBombay High Courthas stayed a lower court’s directive that had previously halted the expulsion of senior journalist Gurbir Singh from theMumbai Pres...

22 May 2026

India - High Court of Bombay

Court Stays Mandatory Census Duty for Private Teachers

Court Stays Mandatory Census Duty for Private Teachers: A Landmark Ruling onInstitutional AutonomyIn a significant legal intervention that underscores the limits of state administrative power over private institutions, theBombayHigh Courthas granted aninterim stayon the deployment of teaching...

23 May 2026

India - High Court of Bombay

Absence of Specific College and Student Details Dooms PIL Seeking 75% Attendance Enforcement: Bombay High Court

Bombay High Court Turns Away PIL on Law College Attendance Rules for Want of Concrete Details In a succinct order that underscores the evidentiary threshold for public interest litigations, the Bombay High Court has declined to direct the University of Mumbai to enforce the mandatory 75% atte...

24 Apr 2025

India - High Court of Bombay

Bombay HC Voids Time-Bar Clauses in Health Insurance

Bombay HC Voids Time-Bar Clauses in Health Insurance, Protecting Genuine Claims from Procedural RejectionsIn a significant victory for policyholders, theBombay High Courton 20 April 2026 ruled that insurance companies cannot reject health insurance claims merely on the grounds of delayed fili...

30 Apr 2026

India - Supreme Court

Supreme Court Enforces Mediated Divorce Settlements

Supreme Court Enforces Mediated Divorce SettlementsIn a landmark ruling that underscores the sanctity of mediation in matrimonial disputes, theSupreme Court of Indiahas held that parties cannot unilaterally back out of a court-ratified mediation settlement after receiving substantial financia...

15 Apr 2026