भाग चार-क, असा. क्रमांक ५८, HIGH COURT OF JUDICIATURE AT BOMBAY, APPELLATE SIDE, NOTIFICATION, No. Rule/P.1604/Notification No. 18/2025. Thursday, 20th November 2025.

RNI No. MAHBIL /2009/35527

महाराष्ट्र शासन राजपत्र

असाधारण भाग चार-क

वर्ष ११, अंक ३९] गुरुवार, नाव्‍हंबर २०, २०२५/कात‍िक २९, शके १९४७ [पृष्टठे ५, त‍िकंम : रुपये ९.००

असाधारण क्रमांक ५८

प्ात‍िधकृ प्काशन

महाराष्ट्र शासनाव्‍येत‍िररक् इर वैधात‍िनक प्ात‍िधकाऱ्येांनी येार केलल

(भाग एक, एक-अ व एक-ल येांमध्ये प्त‍िसद्ध केलल वैधात‍िनक त‍िनयेम व आदश येांव्‍येत‍िररक् इर)

वैधात‍िनक त‍िनयेम व आदश; येा भार सरकार, उच्च न्येायेालये, पोलीस आयेुक्, आयेुक् (राज्ये उत्पादन शुल्क),

त‍िजल्हादंडात‍िधकारी व त‍िनवडणूक आयेोग, त‍िनवडणूक न्येायेात‍िधकरण, त‍िनवडणूक त‍िनणषये अत‍िधकारी व त‍िनवडणूक आयेोगाखालील

इर प्ात‍िधकारी येांनी येार केलल वैधात‍िनक त‍िनयेम व आदश येांचा समावश हो.

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

APPELLATE SIDE

NOTIFICATION

No. Rule/P.1604/Notification No.-18/2025.— In exercise of the powers conferred under Section 122 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 and all other enabling powers in that behalf, the High Court of Bombay with previous approval to the extent necessary hereby makes rules to amend the Bombay High Court (Appellate Side) Rules, 1960, namely :—

The Bombay High Court Appellate Side (Second Amendment) Rules, 2025

1. Short title and commencement:

(1) These rules may be called The Bombay High Court Appellate Side (Second Amendment) Rules, 2025.

(2) These rules shall come into force on such date as the Chief Justice, by notification, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of these rules, and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of these rules shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.

2. Definitions:

(a) Unless the context otherwise require, 'Principal rules' means 'the Bombay High Court (Appellate Side) Rules, 1960'.

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भाग चार-क-५८–१२ महाराष्ट्र शासन राजपत्र असाधारण भाग चार-क, नाव्‍हंबर २०, २०२५/कात‍िक २९, शके १९४७ (b) Unless the context otherwise require, 'Goa Amendments' means the rules made in place of existing Chapter I and Chapter XVII, Rule 1,4,17 and 18 of the Principal rules, vide Notification No. P. 1602/2014 dated 29-09-2014, for Panaji- Goa, published in Goa Govt. Gazette dated 9-10-2014.

3. In clause (a) of rule 2 of Chapter-I of the Principal rules, after the word "Procedure", insert - "/under section 418 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita".

4. In clause (a) of rule 2 of Chapter-I of the Goa Amendments, after the word "Procedure", insert "/under section 418 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita".

5. In clause (c) of rule 2 of Chapter-I of the Principal rules, after the word "Procedure", insert - "/under section 442 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita".

6. In clause (c) of rule 2 of Chapter-I of the Goa Amendments, after the word "Procedure", insert - "/under section 442 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita".

7. In clause (d) of rule 2 of Chapter-I of the Principal rules, after the word "Procedure", insert - "/under section 419(4) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita".

8. In clause (d) of rule 2 of Chapter-I of the Goa Amendments, after the word "Procedure", insert - "/under section 419(4) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita".

9. In clause (h) of rule 2 of Chapter-I of the Principal rules, after the word "Procedure", insert - "/under section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita"; in sub clause(ii) of clause (h), after word "Code", insert- "/under section 175(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita" and after the number "482", insert "/528".

10. In clause (h) of rule 2 of Chapter-I of the Goa Amendments, after the word "Procedure", insert - "/under section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita"; in sub clause (ii) of clause (h), after word "Code", insert- "/under section 175(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita" and after the number "482", insert "/528".

11. In rule 3 of Chapter-I of the Principal rules, after the word "Procedure", insert - "/Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita".

12. In rule 3 of Chapter-I of the Goa Amendments, after the word "Procedure", insert - "/Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita".

13. In rule 4 of Chapter-I of the Principal rules, after the word "Procedure", insert - "/under Chapter X of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita".

14. In rule 4 of Chapter-I of the Goa Amendments, after the word "Procedure" insert - "/under Chapter X of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita".,

15. In rule 7 of Chapter-I of the Principal rules, after the words "section 392 of Code of Criminal Procedure", insert - "/section 433 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita".

16. In rule 7 of Chapter-I of the Goa Amendments, after the words "section 392 of Code of Criminal Procedure", insert - "/section 433 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita".

"Procedure", insert - "/the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita"; after the word "Code", insert- "/under section 175(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita" and after the number "482", insert- "/528 of the said Code / Sanhita".

19. In clause (29) of Rule 18 of Chapter- XVII of the Principal rules, substitute the Act name "the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948" with the Act name- "the Electricity Act, 2003".

20. In clause (i) of rule 27 of Chapter-XXI of the Principal rules, after the words "the Code of Criminal Procedure", insert - "/the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita" and after the words "under section 246(4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure", insert- "/under section 269(4) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita".

21. In clause (ii) of rule 27 of Chapter-XXI of the Principal rules, after the words "the Code of Criminal Procedure", insert - "/the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita".

22. In rule 54 of Chapter-XXI of the Principal rules, after the words "the Code of Criminal Procedure", insert - "/the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita".

23. In rule 10 of Chapter-XXVI of the Principal rules, after the words "the Code of Criminal Procedure", insert - "/under section 273 or 395 or under section 497 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita".

24. In clause (iii) of rule 18 of Chapter-XXVI of the Principal rules, after the number "302" insert-"/103(1)" ; after the words "Indian Penal Code", insert- "/ Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita" and between the number "307" and the word "ibid" insert- "/103(1) or 109,".

25. In clause (i) of rule 19 of Chapter-XXVI of the Principal rules, after the number "378(3)", insert- " of the Criminal Procedure Code or section 419(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita".

26. In the heading of rule 22 of Chapter-XXVI of the Principal rules, between the number "378(3)" and the words "to be Printed...", insert- "/103(1) of the Indian Penal Code / the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita".

27. In clause (i) of rule 22 of Chapter XXVI of the Principal rules, after the number "302", insert "/103(1)" and after the word "Code", insert "/ Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita".

28. In clause (ii) of rule 22 of Chapter XXVI of the Principal rules, after the number "302", insert "/103(1)" and after the word "Code", insert "/ Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita".

29. In clause (iii) of rule 22 of Chapter XXVI of the Principal rules, after the number "302", insert "/103 (1)" and after the word "Code", insert "/ Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita".

30. In clause (3) of rule 34 of Chapter XXVI of the Principal rules, after the number "397", insert "/438" and after the word "Code", insert "/ Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita".

31. In the title of Chapter XXVII of the Principal rules, after the number "1973", insert, "OR UNDER SECTION 523(1)(d) READ WITH SECTION 99 OF THE BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023".

(a) In the heading, after the number "96", insert "/99" and after the word "Procedure", insert "/ Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita".

(b) In the body, after the words "(hereinafter referred to as "the said Code")", insert- "or under sub-section (1) of section 99 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (hereinafter referred to as "the said Sanhita")" and substitute the words "section 95 of the Code" with the words- "section 95 / 98 of the said Code / Sanhita".

33. In rule 4 of Chapter XXVII of the Principal rules, substitute the words "section 95 of the Code" with the words- "section 95/98 of the said Code / Sanhita".

34. In rule 11 of Chapter XXVII of the Principal rules, substitute the word "Code" with the words- " said Code or under sub-section (1) of section 99 of the said Sanhita".

35. In rule 12 of Chapter XXVII of the Principal rules, substitute the word "Code" with the words- " said Code or under sub-section (1) of section 99 of the said Sanhita".

36. In rule 6 of Chapter XXVIII of the Principal rules, after the number "391", insert- "/432" and after the word "Code", insert "/ the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita".

37. In rule 7 of Chapter XXVIII of the Principal rules, after the number "392", insert- "/433" and after the words "Criminal Procedure", insert "/ the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita".

38. In clause (3)(xvi) of rule 8 of the Schedule VII of Chapter XXXII of the Principal rules, after the number and close bracket "1973)", insert - " or under Chapter XXVII of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita".

39. In rule 9E of the Schedule VII of Chapter XXXII of the Principal rules, after the number "1860", insert- "/ Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023" and after the number "1973", insert - "/the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023".

40. In rule 17 of the of Chapter XXXIV of the Principal rules, after the word "Procedure", insert - "/the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita".

41. In clause 30 of the Appendix B to the Principal rules,

(a) In the heading, after the word "Code", insert - "/ Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita." and (b) In the body, after words- "Act No. XLV of 1860, called the "Indian Penal Code", insert- "or by the Act No. 45 of 2023, called the "Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita".

42. In clause 30 of the Appendix B to the Principal rules, after word- "Procedure", insert- "/ the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita".

High Court of Judicature at Bombay, S. C. KHATI, Appellate Side, Bombay, Registrar General. Dated 18th November 2025.

NOTIFICATION

No. Rule/P.1604/Notification No.-19/2025.— In exercise of powers conferred under sub-rule (2) of Rule 1 of the Bombay High Court Appellate Side (Amendment) Rules, 2025 the Hon'ble the Chief Justice appoint 18th August, 2025 to be the date from which "The Bombay High Court Appellate Side (Second Amendment) Rules, 2025", shall come into force in the State of Maharashtra.

High Court of Bombay, S. C. KHATI,

Dated: 18th November 2025. Registrar General,

ON BEHALF OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, STATIONERY AND PUBLICATION, PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY DIRECTOR, RUPENDRA DINESH MORE, PRINTED AT GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS, 21-A, NETAJI SUBHASH ROAD, CHARNI ROAD, MUMBAI 400 004 AND PUBLISHED AT DIRECTORATE OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, STATIONERY AND PUBLICATIONS, 21-A, NETAJI SUBHASH ROAD, CHARNI ROAD, MUMBAI 400 004. EDITOR : DIRECTOR, RUPENDRA DINESH MORE.