Omkar Gokhale

Court deprecates negligent conduct and apathetic attitude of the Mumbai Suburban collector in pursuing the issue of encroachments in Kandivali

A division bench of Justices Gautam S Patel and Kamal R Khata passed an order while hearing a plea by the owners of a shop situated on the ground floor of a housing society building on Hill road.

A division bench of Justices Gautam S Patel and Kamal R Khata passed an order while hearing a plea by the owners of a shop situated on the ground floor of a housing society building on Hill road.

In 2014, after Syedna Muffadal Saifuddin succeeded his father, his half-brother Khuzaima Qutbuddin challenged it in the Bombay High Court.

Decade-long tussle for leadership of small, prosperous community ends; what is the concept of 'nass' at the heart of the dispute?

Five petitioners, including two victims of the violence, moved the court claiming that police had failed to book the leaders on their own.

The Maratha quota is an old and emotive issue in Maharashtra, which sends 48 MPs to Lok Sabha. Earlier attempts at reservation have failed judicial scrutiny. The quota is a crucial election issue.

On his second innings post retirement, Justice Patel said that he would not spend the entire day in arbitration and would instead teach law students.

The Bombay High Court directed Maharashtra government and Municipal Corporations of Mumbai, Thane, Kalyan-Dombivali and Mira-Bhayander to ensure statutory authorities at state and divisional levels are constituted and are functional under Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Act, 2013. Passing an order in a plea by an organisation espousing cause of manual […]

The court held that the fundamental right to travel abroad cannot be curtailed by executive action without any government statute or controlling statutory provision.