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Indian Express
01-08-2025
- Indian Express
Restaurant owners move Bombay HC against police raids despite earlier court order allowing ‘herbal hookah'
Twelve restaurant owners from the city serving herbal and tobacco-free hookah have approached the Bombay High Court against visits by police officers without notice and threatening the restaurants to shut down and stop serving herbal hookah. The petitioners claimed that such actions were being taken despite the HC verdict of August 2019 which permitted restaurants to serve herbal hookah and the same was complied with by the owners. A bench of Justices Shree Chandrashekhar and Manjusha Deshpande was hearing a plea by 12 restaurant owners argued through advocates Rajendra Rathod and Dhruv Jain. The petitioners include owners/operators of Ustaadi at Crawford Market, The Nest in Bandra, Rustico in Fort, Faham restaurant in Kala Ghoda among others. The high court granted time to state government lawyer to take instructions to respond to the plea and granted liberty to the petitioners to amend the petition with additional information. The actions were allegedly being taken based on June 6, 2025 circular of the home department to police which stipulated that if illegal hookah parlours are found at any location, the responsible police officers must be held accountable and strict action should be taken against them. 'These acts of illegally and unlawfully shutting down the service of herbal hookah at the petitioners' restaurants and threatening to shut down the petitioners' restaurants completely, are not only causing huge monetary losses to the petitioners but also directly affecting the earning capacity and livelihood of their employees,' the plea stated. The petitioners sought direction from the court to the respondent police authorities not to enter their restaurants for any purpose including search without following due procedure under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003 and Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS). The petitioners also sought direction to the authorities to comply with the August 2019 order of the HC enabling them to serve herbal hookah and to stop 'illegal and unlawful raids' and threats to the petitioners' restaurants. The plea also sought no coercive action against petitioners for serving herbal or tobacco-free hookah at their establishments. The petitioners also sought direction to authorities that the June 6 circular would not be applicable to them as they are serving herbal/tobacco-free hookah. The HC is likely to hear the plea next on August 6.
Indian Express
25-07-2025
- Business
- Indian Express
Bombay HC issues notice on BCCI's appeal against Rs 538 crore arbitration awards to defunct Kochi Tuskers
The Bombay High Court on Friday issued notice in appeals filed by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) challenging a single-judge bench order that upheld two arbitration awards worth over Rs 538 crore granted in favour of the now-defunct Indian Premier League franchise Kochi Tuskers Kerala. A division bench of Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Manjusha Deshpande restrained Rendezvous Sports World (RSW) and Kochi Cricket Private Limited (KCPL) from withdrawing the amounts already deposited by the BCCI for eight weeks. The BCCI filed an appeal against the June 18 verdict of the single-judge bench of Justice Riyaz I Chagla that dismissed the BCCI's plea challenging arbitral awards. The franchise took part in only one season of the IPL, in 2011, under a consortium led by RSW and KCPL. The dispute began after the BCCI in September 2011 terminated the Kochi Tuskers Kerala due to alleged breach of the franchise agreement. Aggrieved RSW and KCPL began arbitration proceedings alleging 'wrongful' termination. On June 22, 2015, the arbitral tribunal awarded over Rs 384.83 crore to KCPL and over Rs 153.34 crore to RSW, along with interest and costs. The BCCI challenged the award before Bombay HC, which was upheld on June 18. Justice Chagla had held that arbitrator's conclusion was substantiated by records and there were 'no valid grounds' and 'no patent illegality' raised in BCCI's two pleas to warrant interference with the arbitration awards. Justice Chagla had permitted the KCPL and RSW to withdraw amounts deposited by the BCCI after six weeks. However, the BCCI filed an appeal against the single-judge bench order. The two-judge bench is likely to begin the final hearing on BCCI's appeal from September 17.
Hindustan Times
12-05-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Rajasthan HC fines two officials for ignoring lake survey orders
The Rajasthan high court has imposed a fine of ₹50,000 each on two bureaucrats for failing to comply with its directions regarding district-wise lake surveys under the Rajasthan Lakes (Protection and Development) Authority Act, 2015. Hearing a suo moto writ petition pending since 2016, the division bench of Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Chandra Shekhar Sharma on Friday took serious note of continued non-compliance and observed that no sincere effort had been made by the state authorities apart from filing 'half-baked affidavits'. Also Read: Panchkula: Shoddy probe leads to acquittal in railway theft case In its earlier order dated November 18, 2024, the high court had granted three months to complete the survey of lakes across all districts. The order had underlined that while nine lakes had been notified so far, the real task was to conduct a district-wise survey to identify other lakes that must be notified under the 2015 Act. The bench had then specifically directed, 'Let the exercise towards completion of survey be undertaken and all endeavor be made to complete the process of survey within a period of three months.' The order also recorded that the State Level Committee had held a series of meetings with district authorities and required financial assistance from the government to carry out the survey. A phased release of funds was also ordered by the court. However, despite the time given, no compliance affidavit was filed and no application seeking extension was submitted prompting the court to impose costs while observing, 'This must be made known to the State authorities that the Court's order must be complied within the stipulated time and non-compliance of the Court's orders shall be viewed very seriously in the matter like the present one which pertains to public interest.' The court said it saw no justification for the non-compliance. 'It is clear on a glance at the order dated November 18, 2024, that the survey was already ongoing and some meetings were held by the State Level Committee for obtaining survey reports and therefore this Court directed the respondents to complete the survey within three months' time.' The additional advocate general informed the court that the survey was still ongoing, which the bench found unsatisfactory. The court directed both officials to deposit the ₹50,000 each within two weeks with the Registrar (Administration) of the High Court. The amount will be drawn in favour of Government Blind School, Mata ka Than, Jodhpur, and Government Blind School, Jaipur. The matter is now listed for further hearing on May 23, 2025.
