Jaydeep Findoria

The Bombay High Court refused to grant ‘Force Majeure’ exemption to a set of steel importers, who had sought to restrain the encashment of their Letter of Credits by Korea-based exporters. The companies had approached the High Court under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, stating that the

The Bombay High Court has observed that taking of timely awareness steps can avoid “drastic measures” such as application of the National Security Act against those obstructing health workers treating COVID-19. Justice Prasanna B Valare made this observation taking note of press reports about the invocation of NSA against persons

Public Interest Litigation has been filed before the Bombay High Court seeking transfer of investigation in the Palghar mob lynching case to Central Bureau of Investigation or in the alternative, directions to constitute a Special Investigation Team to probe the case. The petitioner, Alakh Alok Shrivastava is an advocate at

The Bombay High Court last week while allowing the adoption of a 7-month-old girl child to a Mumbai-based couple who already have a 14-year-old daughter, observed: “It needs to be further appreciated that despite the fact they have a biological girl child, they decided to adopt another girl child. This

The Bombay High Court in a recent judgement allowed an adoption petition filed by Mr Mathew Inacio Abreo, an old man who sought adoption of Malaica Abreo, a 22-year-old girl who was raised by him and his wife Dora. Facts of the Case Justice GS Kulkarni declared Mr Mathew as

The Bombay High Court ruled that conducting a search without warrant results in the breach of Right to Privacy. Court also fined state government Rs.25,000 payable to the aggrieved for conducting such illegal search. Facts of the Case The bench consisting two judges, Justice TV Nalawade and Justice SM Gavhane