News Bombay High Court “copyright once validly assigned does not revert merely due to delayed release” — interim injunction granted restraining singer-composer from exploiting commissioned songs RawlawDecember 11, 20255 min read
News Bombay High Court “section 34 is not an appellate forum to substitute one plausible commercial view with another” — arbitral award on ‘built up area wall to wall’ upheld, developer’s challenge dismissed RawlawDecember 11, 20256 min read
News Bombay High Court “criminal law cannot be used to convert civil land disputes into penal proceedings” — FIR alleging cheating and forgery quashed as abuse of process RawlawDecember 11, 20255 min read
News Bombay High Court at Goa “show cause notices cannot remain dormant for years merely because they are kept in call book” — excise demands quashed for gross delay of 8–9 years in adjudication RawlawDecember 11, 20255 min read
News Bombay High Court “quashing is not a mini trial” — FIR alleging assault on advocate after court proceedings allowed to stand, accused directed to seek discharge before trial court RawlawDecember 11, 20256 min read
News Bombay High Court “a change in shareholding is not a transfer of land” — demand for ₹26 crore unearned income quashed as corporate disinvestment held not to breach government land grant RawlawDecember 11, 20255 min read
News Bombay High Court “section 153A cannot be used to reopen completed assessments without incriminating material” — revenue appeal dismissed as foreign ‘base note’ held insufficient to justify additions after search RawlawDecember 11, 20255 min read
News Bombay High Court “marks are remembered by general impression, not photographic recollection” — interim injunction granted restraining deceptive imitation of trade dress, labels and composite trademarks in hair oil products RawlawDecember 11, 20255 min read
News Bombay High Court says “jurisdiction cannot be conferred by consent or convenience” — Court holds that matters arising from Kolhapur district must be heard before the Kolhapur Bench under Rule 3A and declines to entertain Article 227 petition on territorial grounds RawlawDecember 10, 20256 min read
News Bombay High Court says “the authority cannot ignore the statutory mandate of Section 154B-13” — Court directs recognition of heir’s claim in co-operative society dispute and upholds nominee’s limited status under Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act RawlawDecember 10, 20256 min read
