Bombay High Court

Bombay High Court orders the CBI to register an FIR and probe Disha Salian's 2020 death, applying the Lalita Kumari mandatory-FIR doctrine six years after a closure report was accepted.

A Supreme Court order sending Tarun Tejpal to prison before his appeal is even heard looks harsh, but it exposes exactly how India's appellate criminal law is designed to work.

The bulldozer justice petition taken up by the Bombay High Court brings renewed judicial focus on allegations of unlawful demolitions, as the Aurangabad bench issues notice to Maharashtra and a municipal body over a razed property wall.

The Bombay High Court rules that a child's duty to maintain parents is a mandatory statutory obligation, independent of property possession or inheritance rights. The court ordered immediate medical relief and asset protection for an abandoned 76-year-old woman.

In a major expansion move, the SC Collegium recommended 14 advocates for elevation to the Bombay High Court. This rare batch aims to ease vacancies, speed up case disposal, and diversify the bench in India’s busiest High Court.

The Supreme Court of India has stayed the Bombay High Court's acquittal of all 12 accused in the 7/11 Mumbai train blasts case, a significant move in Indian criminal law. While the acquitted remain free, the SC explicitly stated the High Court's judgment "shall not be treated as a precedent." This intervention, rooted in the doctrine of stare decisis, aims to prevent detrimental precedent and uphold judicial discipline.

Bombay HC: Slum dwellers have a constitutional right to live with dignity—rehabilitation allowed on encroached open land.