The Bombay High Court dismissed an MBBS student's plea for another attempt at the First Year Anatomy examination, holding that the proviso to Regulation 21 of the Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023 allows four attempts at the first year as a whole, irrespective of the subjects taken in each attempt (paras 24-26). Her first examination, in which she could not take Anatomy, counted as an attempt, and the Rajkumarsingh ruling was distinguished (paras 26, 29).
The Bombay High Court found that an affidavit of the Municipal Commissioner of Greater Mumbai did not comply with its order of 10 August 2026, which sought details of municipal lands that could be used to house the Corporation's sanitary workers under a 2008 State policy (paras 2, 5-7). Noting that the policy had not been implemented for about 18 years, it adjourned the matters to 9 September 2026 for a fresh affidavit (paras 5, 9).
The Bombay High Court quashed an FIR under Section 85(1) of the Maharashtra Prohibition Act against two men accused of shouting loudly at each other on a public street under the influence of alcohol, finding no allegation of any element of obscenity, depravity or moral offensiveness and no cognizable offence (paras 3-6). For the nuisance their shouting caused, it ordered them to pay Rs. 10,000 costs to a charity (para 9).
The Bombay High Court refused to disturb the custody of a girl who has lived with a neighbour and his wife since she was about two months old, holding that her welfare, not her biological parents' legal right, is decisive (paras 34, 62). It upheld the District Judge's refusal of interim custody, asked for the main custody case to be decided preferably within six months and gave the parents access twice a week (para 67).
The Bombay High Court's Circuit Bench at Kolhapur quashed the Maharashtra Government Resolution of 03.07.2026 that fixed 50 years as the maximum age for Anganwadi Sevikas seeking appointment as Supervisor (paras 1, 12). Following the Nagpur Bench ruling that struck down an earlier 45-year limit, it held that the 2001 resolution and corrigendum, allowing candidates up to 55, created a legitimate expectation, and ordered a fresh advertisement with the 55-year limit (paras 11-14).
The Bombay High Court quashed a trial court order that let a third party join a specific performance suit as co-plaintiff on the strength of a deed of assignment executed before the suit was filed. Order I Rule 10 permits adding a plaintiff where the suit was filed in the wrong name through a bona fide mistake, and none was pleaded; a pre-suit assignment is no ground for such impleadment, though the assignee may file its own suit (paras 14, 17, 20).
The Bombay High Court granted bail to a woman accused of bringing 13.324 kg of hydroponic ganja from Bangkok through Mumbai airport, because the chemical analysis (C.A.) report had still not been filed before the trial court after the charge-sheet (paras 4, 7, 9). Following Bablu Singh and Ashish Prakash Walke, it allowed the application, but drew on the Rajasthan High Court's Kuldeep Singh order on economic offences to impose stringent conditions (paras 7-9).
The Bombay High Court at Aurangabad held that four medical students were wrongly left out of Maharashtra's one-time scheme, under a Government Resolution of 20.09.2019, reimbursing fees to students who lost government or aided college seats in 2019-20 to EWS and SEBC reservation, since 25 of the 106 beneficiaries ranked below them (paras 3, 6). It ordered reimbursement with 6% interest, costs of Rs. 50,000 each and an enquiry by the Principal Secretary (para 8).
The Bombay High Court at Kolhapur allowed a mother's claim to family pension after her unmarried son died in service. The claim had been rejected because she had three surviving daughters, so the son was not the ‘only surviving child’ under Explanation I to Rule 116(16)(b)(iv) of the Maharashtra Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1982. The Court read those words as meaning that no other child is able to support the parent, and quashed the rejection (paras 23, 25, 33-34).