HIGH COURT, ORIGINAL SIDE, BOMBAY

Sitting List w.e.f. 9

th
June 2014
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1 The Honble the
CHIEF JUSTICE
AND
The Honble Shri Justice
M. S. SONAK
(Court Room No. 52)

MONDAY TO FRIDAY EXCEPT THURSDAY
For admission, final hearing and Interlocutory applications
therein:-
(A) Original Side Appeals filed of 2014,
(B) Original Side Civil Writ Petitions relating to :-
(i) Challenge to Constitutional validity of Development
Control Regulations/Regulations regarding Slum
Rehabilitation Projects,
(ii) Heritage Precincts,
(iii) Rights of persons with disabilities,
(iv) Infrastructure Projects :- roads, bridges, railways,
airports, water transport,
(C) Writ Petitions challenging vires of any provision of
Direct Tax Laws;
(D) Writ Petitions pertaining to the following provisions
of Income Tax Act, 1961 :-
(i) Chapter X-Sections 92 to 94A and Section 144C
(ii) Chapter XIX-A Sections 245A to 245L,
(E) Writ Petitions challenging vires of any tax provisions
of the Municipal Corporation Laws.

EVERY THURSDAY
Public Interest Litigations (Civil) for admission, final
hearing and order matters therein, except those assigned
to other Courts.
EVERY FRIDAY AFTERNOON SESSION
Honble the CHIEF JUSTICE and Honble Shri Justice
M.S.SONAK will sit single and will take up Original
Side/Appellate Side matters, to be notified separately.
AND
APPELLATE SIDE MATTERS
2 The Honble Shri Justice
S.J.VAZIFDAR
AND
The Honble Shri Justice
A. K. MENON
(Court Room No. 6)
For admission, final hearing and order matters therein :-
(A) Original Side Writ Petitions except those assigned to
other Courts,
(B) Writ Petitions against orders of Debt Recovery
Appellate Tribunal,
(C) Original Side Appeals of the years upto 2013.

AND
APPELLATE SIDE MATTERS
3 The Hon'ble Shri Justice
P.V.HARDAS
AND
The Honble Smt. Justice
ANUJA PRABHUDESSAI
(Court Room No.43)
Specially assigned Matters
and
Appellate Side Matters
4 The Honble Smt. Justice
V. K. TAHILRAMANI
AND
The Honble Shri Justice
A.S. GADKARI
(Court Room No.27)
Specially assigned Matters
and
Appellate Side Matters
5 The Honble Shri Justice
V.M.KANADE
AND
The Hon'ble Shri Justice
P. D. KODE
(Court Room No.53)
MONDAY TO THURSDAY
Specially assigned PILs.
AND
APPELLATE SIDE MATTERS

5A The Honble Shri Justice
V.M.KANADE
(Court Room No.53)
FRIDAY
Special Court Matters
6 The Honble Shri Justice
NARESH H. PATIL
AND
The Honble Shri Justice
RAVINDRA V. GHUGE
(Court Room No.54)
Specially assigned Matters
and
Appellate Side Matters
7 The Honble Shri Justice
A.S.OKA
AND
The Honble Shri Justice
A. S. CHANDURKAR
(Court Room No.13)
Specially assigned Matters
and
Appellate Side Matters
8 The Honble Shri Justice
ANOOP V. MOHTA
AND
The Honble Shri Justice
A. A. SAYED
(Court Room No.40)
For admission, final hearing and order matters therein :-
(A) Civil Writ Petitions relating to :-

i) Municipal Corporation Acts (including Election matters)
ii) Mah. Regional & Town Planning Act,
iii) Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and all other matters
relating to acquisition and requisition of properties,
iv) Resettlement of project affected persons,
(B) Public Interest Litigations relating to unauthorized
construction and specially assigned Public
Interest Litigations.
(C) Civil Writ Petitions by or against Students, Teachers
and Educational Institutions, including Caste
scrutiny matters.
AND
APPELLATE SIDE MATTERS
9 The Honble Shri Justice
S.C.DHARMADHIKARI
AND
The Honble Shri Justice
B. P. COLABAWALLA
(Court Room No.31)
For admission, final hearing and order matters therein :-
(A) Writ Petitions, Appeals, References and applications
in Maharashtra VAT, Sales Tax,
(B) Foreign Trade (Regulation and Development) Act,1992
including FERA, FEMA,
(C) Writ Petitions in indirect tax matters under the Central
Acts (Central Excise, Customs and Service Tax),
(D) Tax Appeals, References and Applications in direct tax
matters and indirect tax matters under Central Acts,
AND
APPELLATE SIDE MATTERS
10 The Hon'ble Smt.Justice
R.S. DALVI
(Court Room No.19)
For admission, final hearing and order matters therein :-
Petitions under Section 34 of the Arbitration and
Conciliation Act, 1996.
EVERY TUESDAY
SPECIAL COURT MATTERS
11 The Hon'ble Shri Justice
R.M. SAVANT
(Court Room No.3)
Specially assigned Matters
and
Appellate Side Matters
12 The Hon'ble Smt. Justice
R. P. SONDURBALDOTA
(Court Room No.28)
Specially assigned matters
AND
APPELLATE SIDE MATTERS
13 The Hon'ble Shri Justice
K. K. TATED
(Court Room No.34)
Specially assigned Matters
and
Appellate Side Matters
14 The Hon'ble Shri Justice
S.J. KATHAWALLA
(Court Room No.20)
For admission, final hearing and interlocutory Applications
therein:-
(A) Company Petitions and Applications,
(B) Official Liquidators Reports (not assigned to any other
Court), Misfeasance Summons, Complaints under the
Companies Act,
(C) Appeals u/s 10F of the Companies Act, 1956, except those
assigned to other Courts,
(D) Summary Suits, irrespective of the year,

(E) All Insolvency matters.
15 The Hon'ble Shri Justice
P. D. KODE
(Court Room No.26)
EVERY FRIDAY
Specially assigned Matters
16 The Hon'ble Smt. Justice
MRIDULA BHATKAR
(C. R. No.17 Annex)
Specially assigned Matters
and
Appellate Side Matters
17 The Hon'ble Shri Justice
R. G. KETKAR
(Court Room No. 9)
Specially assigned Matters
and
Appellate Side Matters
18 The Hon'ble Shri Justice
R. K. DESHPANDE
(Court Room No.10)
Specially assigned Matters
and
Appellate Side Matters
19 The Hon'ble Shri Justice
A. M. THIPSAY
(C. R. No. 22 Annex)
Specially assigned Matters
and
Appellate Side Matters
20 The Hon'ble Shri Justice
M.S. SANKLECHA
AND
The Hon'ble Shri Justice
G.S. KULKARNI

(Court Room No.24)
MONDAY TO WEDNESDAY
For admission, final hearing and order matters therein :-
Writ Petitions pertaining to Direct Tax Laws, except
those assigned to Court No.1
AND
APPELLATE SIDE MATTERS
20A The Hon'ble Shri Justice
M.S. SANKLECHA
(Court Room No.24)
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
Original Side Suits of the year 2012 including interlocutory
applications, Court Receiver Reports and Contempt Petitions
therein.
21 The Honble Shri Justice
R.D. DHANUKA
(Court Room No.21)
(A) For admission, hearing and interlocutory applications in
following matters :-
Testamentary matters,
and
Adoption, Custody and Guardianship matters,
and
Matters arising out of the Guardians and Wards Act and
Juvenile Justice Act,
and
Applications under Sections 4 and 5 of the Court Fees Act, 1959,
Trust Petitions for Admission and Final Hearing,
and
Administration Suits, Partition Suits and Land Acquisition
References (LAR),
(B) All Arbitration matters and all applications and Court
Receivers Reports therein, except Petitions under
Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996,
(C) Contempt Petitions not assigned to other Courts,
(D) All Chamber Work
AND
APPELLATE SIDE MATTERS
22 The Honble Shri Justice
N. M. JAMDAR
(Court Room No.2)
For admission, final hearing and order matters therein :-
Single Judge's Civil Writ Petitions relating to Industrial /
Labour Laws / School Tribunals and College Tribunals.
23 The Hon'ble Smt. Justice
S. S. JADHAV
(C. R. No.21 Annex)
Specially assigned Matters
and
Appellate Side Matters
24 The Honble Shri Justice
S.C. GUPTE
(Court Room No.16B)

(A) Irrespective of the year, all suits for Specific Performance
of Contracts including contracts in respect of immovable
properties and agreements in respect of development /
redevelopment / rehabilitation Projects,

(B) Original Side suits and proceedings of the year 2014 not
assigned to other Courts and all interlocutory
applications, Court Receivers Reports and Civil
Contempt Petitions therein.

25 The Honble Shri. Justice
K. R. SHRIRAM
(Court Room No.16A)

For admission, final hearing and interlocutory Applications
therein:-
(A) Admiralty Suits,
(B) All Undefended Suits,
(C) Original Side Suits of the years from 2001 to 2011,
(D) Court Receiver's Reports and Civil Contempt Petitions in
above matters.
26 The Honble Shri Justice
G.S. PATEL
(Court Room No.37)
(A) Irrespective of the year, all Intellectual Property Right
matters (Trademark, Copyright, Patent, Design,
Domain-names and Brands),
(B) Suits and proceedings of the year 2013, (lodged up to
31 December 2013), and all interlocutory applications,
Court Receivers Reports and Civil Contempt Petitions
therein, except those assigned to other Courts,
(C) All Original Side Suits (except Admiralty Suits), and all
interlocutory applications, Court Receivers Reports and
Civil Contempt Petitions therein up to the year 2000,
(D) Matters under Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act and other
Matrimonial Suits and matters therein.
27 The Hon'ble Smt. Justice
REVATI MOHITE DERE
(C. R. No.16 Annex)
Specially assigned Matters
and
Appellate Side Matters
28 The Hon'ble Shri Justice
M. S. SONAK
EVERY FRIDAY
Specially Assigned Matters
and
Appellate Side Matters
29 The Honble Shri Justice
G. S. KULKARNI
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
For admission, final hearing and order matters therein :-
All Single Judge's Civil Writ Petitions (except Writ Petitions
relating to Industrial / Labour Laws) including Writ Petitions
arising from School Tribunal and College Tribunal matters.
HIGH COURT, ORIGINAL SIDE By Order,
BOMBAY
Sd/-
(D.V.SAWANT)
REGISTRAR, ORIGINAL SIDE/
Dated : 8 May 2014 PROTHONOTARY AND SENIOR MASTER

NOTE
(1) All Courts will take up only Final Hearing of old cases on at least one day in a
week, or in the afternoon session for three days in a week, to be specified later
on.
(2) The priority will be given to the Supreme Court expedited matters and Senior Citizen
matters.
(3) Applications / Petitions for review, clarification of the orders or Speaking to the
Minutes to the Orders passed by Division Bench of which the Senior Judge is not
available, to be placed before the Division Bench consisting of Hon'ble Shri Justice
V.M.Kanade and the Junior Judge from the former Division Bench.
(4) Contempt Petition will be taken up by the concerned Division Bench or Single
Judge, as the case may be, before which the main matter is pending or before which
the main matter would lie if it were pending.
(5) Larger Benches and Special Benches will be constituted only on FRIDAY.
(6) However, a few matters in Chambers during lunch may be taken up subject to
convenience of the Honble Judges, and if they so desire.
(7) Part heard matters cease to be part heard with change of assignment unless a
proposal for continuation of the matter is sent by the concerned Bench at the
request of the parties and the same is approved by the Honble the Chief Justice.