Justice Abhay J. Mantri Archives

‘‘Halba’ and ‘Halbi’ are different Scheduled Tribes’; Bombay HC directs Committee to issue validity certificate considering pre-constitutional documents

By the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 1976, the Schedule—IX is amended by deleting the original Entry at S.No.13 as ‘Halba or Halbi’ and inserting Entry at S.No.19 as ‘Halba, Halbi’ for the State of Maharashtra, pursuant to the States Reorganization Act, 1956.

Case Briefs High Courts

Bombay HC dismisses appeal by New India Assurance Company against ground handling company Janus Aviation for recovery of $31 million

Only the disputes which are commercial disputes within the meaning of Section 2(1)(c) of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 can be entertained by Commercial Courts or Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts.

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Bombay High Court takes suo motu cognizance of Nagpur Airport’s daily closure for 8 hours

The Court appointed Advocate Kartik N Shukul as an Amicus to assist the Court and requested him to frame an appropriate petition within a period of one week from the date of the present order.

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Bombay HC denies protection of education to doctor who secured admission on false caste certificate; upholds Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee’s order

The Court reiterated the findings of the Supreme Court in State of Maharashtra v. Milind, (2001) 1 SCC 4, that the benefits drawn by a candidate not belonging to a scheduled tribe, must be considered to having been drawn on the basis of a false caste certificate; such benefits are required to be withdrawn.