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MAHFOOZ ISLAM MOHAMMAD KHANversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS

Disposed Off

The petitioner, Mahfooz Islam Mohammad Khan, filed a criminal writ petition in the Bombay High Court. No representative appeared for the petitioner either in person or via video conference. The Court had previously ordered that any objections be removed by 24 June 2026, failing which the petition …

MANOHAR JAGANNATH JADHAVversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS

Disposed Off

The petitioner, Manohar Jagannath Jadhav, filed a criminal writ petition alleging an offence under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, but the complaint did not contain any utterances that would attract the Act. The petitioner’s counsel later expressed …

MANDAR MADHUKAR PATOLEversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS

Disposed Off

The petitioner, Dr. Mandar Madhukar Patole, sought the registration of an FIR in a domestic dispute with his wife, who is the respondent. Multiple family and domestic violence cases are pending in various courts. The High Court expressed disinclination to order FIR registration and directed the …

DILIP MADHUKAR BHURKEversusTHANE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND ORS

Disposed Off

The petitioner, Dilip Madhukar Bhurke, filed a writ petition challenging the Thane Municipal Corporation's refusal to allocate a flat that is the subject of a dispute between two private individuals. The corporation argued that, because the ownership of the flat is contested, it cannot hand over …

BHULABHAI NENSI PATELversusSHRI SAURASHTRA LEVA PATEL SAMAJ AND ORS

Disposed Off

The petitioner, Shri Bhulabhai Nensi Patel, filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court. The petitioner’s counsel filed a praecipe on 1 July 2026 requesting withdrawal of the petition. The court noted the withdrawal request and, on 2 July 2026, ordered the petition to be disposed of as …

SACHIN GAJANAN SHETYEversusTHE DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL OF PRISONS AND ORS

Disposed Off

The petitioner filed a criminal writ petition seeking relief, but failed to appear before the court on 30 June 2026. The Additional Public Prosecutor submitted a communication from Yerwada Central Jail confirming that the petitioner had already undergone the sentence imposed. In view of this …

DefenceversusBasantabai Alias Basantabai w/o Ex Sep Late Kishan Verma

Disposed Off

The Union of India filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court against Basantabai, seeking relief. The petitioner submitted a photocopy of an order from the competent authority indicating that the Armed Forces Tribunal's order dated 19 October 2022, in Original Application No.23 of 2020, had …

PRASHANT SATYAWAN KOKANEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS

Disposed Off

Petitioner Prashant S. Kokane applied for a certificate to appear in person and sought preservation of CCTV footage of an incident dated 17-20 March 2025. The petitioner also filed an interim application (No. 1946 of 2026) requesting the same preservation. The Court noted that the petitioner had …

MOHAMMED SALIM SHAIKHversusTHE SENIOR POLICE INSPECTOR AND ANR

Disposed Off

Petitioner Mohammed Salim Shaikh filed a criminal writ petition challenging an order related to FIR No. 0490 of 2023. The petition was listed for hearing on 22 June 2026, but the petitioner did not appear in person or via video conference. The Respondents, represented by APP Mr. Ajay S. Patil and …

Chetan Ramesh GomtaversusState of Maharashtra and Ors

Disposed Off

Petitioner Chetan Ramesh Gomta filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court challenging an FIR. The petitioner, through counsel, later informed the court that the FIR had already been registered and that he wished to withdraw the petition. The learned counsel for the State opposed no point. …

LILADHAR MANIKRAO DUPHAREversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Disposed Off

The petitioner, Liladhar Manikrao Duphare, filed a writ petition seeking the High Court to execute an order dated 6 January 2025 passed by the 6th Joint Civil Judge Junior Division and JMFC, Belapur. The issue before the Court was whether a writ petition is the appropriate remedy for enforcing that …

MAHENDRA SITARAM MOHITEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR.

Allowed

Mahendra Sitaram Mohite applied for anticipatory bail fearing arrest under FIR No.38 of 2026 for alleged offences under Sections 316(5), 318(4) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. The FIR stems from a commercial dispute between M/s BMG Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. and M/s Chemical Corp Pvt. Ltd. …

SHEKHAR BAPUSAHEB CHINDHEversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Allowed

The High Court considered an anticipatory bail application filed by Shekhar Bapusaheb Chindhe, who was implicated in a loan transaction of Rs. 50 lakh involving alleged usurious interest and the seizure and sale of the complainant's property. The FIR, lodged in April 2026, charges the applicant …

NEETA PANKAJ MODANIversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Disposed Off

The applicants, Neeta Pankaj Modani and others, filed an anticipatory bail application before the Bombay High Court. The Additional Public Prosecutor, on instructions from the investigating officer present in court, submitted that the applicants' custody was not required. The investigating officer’s …

RAJSHREE BHARAT AHIREversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Allowed

The applicant, Rajshree Bharat Ahire, was arrested under FIR No.125 of 2025 for offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and later granted bail on 7 January 2026. She subsequently filed an interim application seeking relaxation of a bail condition (paragraph 7(vii)) that restricted contact …

ANUSHKA DEGLOORKAR AND ORSversusAMIT SAHADEV HARALE

Allowed

The applicants, students who had cleared third‑year studies but still held backlogs from the second year, were provisionally admitted to the fourth year of their degree by a circular issued by Savitribai Phule Pune University. After appearing for and passing the backlog examinations in …

AKSHAY MANE AND ORSversusAMIT SAHADEV HARALE

Allowed

The applicants, students who had cleared second‑year backlogs but were provisionally admitted to the fourth year of their degree programme, sought permission to appear for the May 2026 examinations. The university (Respondent No.2) had issued a notice that such provisional students could sit for …

ANNAS MOHAMMAD NOORMOHAMMAD SHAIKHversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Allowed To be withdrawn

The applicant, Bhalchandra Gopal Dusane, filed Bail Application No.1723 of 2026 in the High Court of Bombay against the State of Maharashtra. The applicant's counsel, Mr. Rohit Sinha, informed the court that the charge-sheet had already been filed before the trial court and requested permission to …

REEMA AJAY BANSALversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Allowed

Reema Ajay Bansal applied for anticipatory bail after an FIR was lodged accusing her of forging a Release Deed concerning shop no.209, alleged to have been executed on 27 January 2001. The property dispute stemmed from a family settlement that was the subject of a civil suit (Suit No.2868 of 2000) …

DURRIYA S. SHAHIWALA AND ORSversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR. G. P. AND ORS

Disposed Off

The petitioners, Mrs. Durriya S. Shahiwala and others, sought a writ to restrain the State of Maharashtra and a bank from taking possession of residential flat No. 401 in Tulsi Darshan building, Karjat. The bank contended it could enforce its security interest, but the Court required it to refrain …

MAYUR SHARAD BALWADKARversusRAMESH MARUTI POKALE

Disposed Off

The petitioner, Mayur Sharad Balwadkar, filed a writ petition challenging certain actions of the respondents. The court was required to consider a stay application and a revision application filed on 9 February 2026. The Additional Government Pleader, on behalf of the respondents, directed that the …

ZABBAR ASIF MOVARversusTHE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE AND ORS

Allowed

The petitioner, Zabbar Asif Movar, challenged a preventive detention order dated 30 September 2025 issued by the District Magistrate of Diu under the Gujarat Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act. The petition argued that the order failed to specify a detention period and did not disclose any …

IFFCO TOKIO GENERAL INSURANCE CO.LTD.versusVINOD MANGALDAS SHAH AND ORS.

Disposed Off

The appellant IFFCO‑Tokio General Insurance Co. Ltd. filed an interim application in the First Appeal No. 194 of 2026 seeking an order that Rs. 5 crore be deposited before the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Pune, to be made available to any of the six respondents authorized by the others. The …

RAHUL MADHUKAR BIRLAversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS

Disposed Off

The petitioner, Rahul Madhukar Birla, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution and Section 528 of the BNSS (replacing Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code) seeking a mandamus directing the police to register an FIR under Section 154 of the CrPC against respondents 2 to 4 for …

SGDC INDIA PRIVATE LIMITEDversusCITY AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND ANR

Disposed Off

The petitioner, SGDC India Private Ltd., filed a writ petition under Article 226 seeking multiple directions including mandamus to cancel a tender award, set aside a rejection notice, open its bids, and stay further steps in an e‑tender for upgrading a golf course. The petition listed eight specific …

LAKHAWINDER SURJIT SINGHversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR

Disposed Off

The petitioner, Lakhawinder Surjit Singh, filed a writ petition seeking a direction to the State of Maharashtra to invoke specific provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Bombay Police Act in criminal case No. 617/2024, and to conduct a fair further investigation with a supplementary …

VIJAY MANGILALJI CHANDRAWATversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Disposed Off

Petitioner Vijay Mangilalji Chandrawat filed a criminal writ petition in the Bombay High Court seeking the release on bail, the calling of records of FIR No.126 of 2025 under Sections 8(c), 22(c) and 29 of the NDPS Act, 1985, and a waiver of verification due to his judicial custody. The petition …

SAYYEDURRAHMAN ABDUL WAHAB KHANversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR

Disposed Off

The petitioner, Sayyedurrahman Abdul Wahab Khan, filed a criminal writ petition seeking mandamus orders for police protection, an independent investigation into an extortion call from jail, a status report on a FIR, and transfer of the investigation to the Crime Branch. The petition was filed …

HIDAYATULLAH SHAUKAT ANSARIversusADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER OF POLICE AND ORS

Dismissed

The petitioner, Hidaytullah Shaukat Ansari, complained that the post‑mortem of his deceased son was not conducted due to alleged negligence by the investigating officer and the hospital. He filed a criminal writ petition seeking the transfer of the investigation from Nirmal Nagar Police Station to …

KAMAL CHAMANLAL SAIGAL JRversusDILIP KACHARDAS SANKLECHA AND ORS

Disposed Off

The petitioner, Jayant Vishwanath Salunke, filed Writ Petition No. 2481 of 2025 challenging the maintainability of his reliefs and sought an early hearing of an interim injunction application (No. 22460 of 2025) pending before the trial court. The respondents, Dilip Kachardas Sanklecha & Ors., …

TASNEEM MOHAMMAD SIRAJ SHAIKHversusELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA AND ORS

Dismissed as Withdrawn

The petitioner, Tasneem Mohammad Siraj Shaikh, contested a municipal election and filed a criminal writ petition seeking a statutory remedy. The petitioner later requested to withdraw the writ petition while retaining the right to pursue the statutory remedy available under law. The Court considered …

PRAKASH MANGAL KAMBEREversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS

Dismissed

The petitioner, Prakash Mangal Kambere, filed a criminal writ petition seeking a writ of mandamus directing the police to register an FIR based on his complaints regarding alleged forged sale deeds of ancestral property. He alleged that family members had altered revenue records and executed …

MAHESH MANGAL GHAREversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS

Dismissed

The petitioner, Mahesh Mangal Ghare, sought a writ of mandamus directing the police to register an FIR based on his complaints concerning alleged forgery and collusion by certain respondents in altering land revenue records. He also requested an independent investigation, preservation of records, …

AMIT S WAGHMAREversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR

Dismissed

A criminal writ petition (No. 236 of 2026) was filed by Amit S. Wagmare against the State of Maharashtra and another respondent. No counsel appeared on behalf of the petitioner on the scheduled hearing dates of 27 and 28 January 2026. The court noted the absence of representation for the petitioner. …

indiaversussmt bhagyashri

Dismissed as Withdrawn

The Union of India, Ministry of Defence filed Writ Petition No. 3821 of 2025 in the Bombay High Court challenging the legality and propriety of an order dated 08/06/2023 passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal in Original Application No. 119 of 2021. The petitioner sought to have the Tribunal's order …

HARSHALI AKASH SOLVANDEversusTHE STATE COMMISSIN MAHARASHTRA THROUGH

Dismissed

The petitioner, Harshali Akash Solwande, challenged the rejection of her nomination for the Takari Panchayat Samiti SC (Female) seat on the ground that the Returning Officer had not accepted her Form II, a document required under the Maharashtra Zilla Parishad Panchayat Samiti (Electoral Division & …

UNION OF INDIAversusCOL MADHUSUDAN DAVE (RETD)

Dismissed

A batch of writ petitions filed by the Union of India challenged several Armed Forces Tribunal orders that granted disability pensions to retired army and navy personnel. The petitioners argued that the Medical Board’s opinion that a disease was a constitutional disorder and not attributable or …

UNION OF INDIAversusCOL RONNY DVANIA (RETD)

Dismissed

A batch of writ petitions filed by the Union of India challenged several Armed Forces Tribunal orders that granted disability pensions to retired army and navy personnel. The petitioners argued that the Medical Board’s opinion that a disease was a constitutional disorder and not attributable or …

UNION OF INDIAversusCOL (TS) NAUSHIRWAN M IRANI (RETD)

Dismissed

A batch of writ petitions filed by the Union of India challenged several Armed Forces Tribunal orders that granted disability pensions to retired army and navy personnel. The petitioners argued that the Medical Board’s opinion that a disease was a constitutional disorder and not attributable or …

UNION OF INDIA THROUGH MINISTRY OF DEFENCEversusSARAT CHANDRA DAS (RETD)

Dismissed

The Bombay High Court considered a batch of writ petitions filed by the Union of India challenging Armed Forces Tribunal orders that granted disability pensions to retired army and navy personnel. The petitioners argued that the Medical Board opinions that a disease was a constitutional disorder and …

MAHESH KAMATversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR

Dissmiss For Default/Non-Prosecution

Mahesh Kamat filed Criminal Application No.108 of 2020 before the Bombay High Court. No party appeared on the scheduled date, and the applicant failed to appear thereafter, indicating loss of interest. The court noted that the matter had not been circulated since filing. Consequently, the court …

India and OrsversusShamboo Singh Yadav

Dismissed

The Bombay High Court considered a batch of writ petitions filed by the Union of India challenging Armed Forces Tribunal orders that granted disability pensions to retired army and navy personnel. The petitioners argued that the Medical Board opinions that a disease was a constitutional disorder and …

SHANKAR BHAGWAN DONGRE AND ORS.versusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR.

Allowed

The applicants filed a criminal application seeking quash of FIR C.R. No.I‑2 of 2019, which alleged offences under several sections of the Indian Penal Code arising from an assault incident in a school. The FIR was lodged by the complainant, Respondent No.2, as a counter‑complaint to a …

UNION OF INDIAversusEX NAIB SUB NITIN RAO MAHAJAN

Dismissed

The Bombay High Court considered a batch of writ petitions filed by the Union of India challenging Armed Forces Tribunal orders that granted disability pensions to retired army and navy personnel. The petitioners argued that the Medical Board opinions that a disease was a constitutional disorder and …

UNION OF INDIAversusNB RISALDAR KENGARE SAYABU JAYSINGH

Dismissed

The Bombay High Court considered a batch of writ petitions filed by the Union of India challenging Armed Forces Tribunal orders that granted disability pensions to retired army and navy personnel. The petitioners argued that the Medical Board opinions that a disease was a constitutional disorder and …

UNION OF INDIAversusEX SIGMN MALI RAJARAM VASANT M15396638M

Dismissed

The Bombay High Court considered a batch of writ petitions filed by the Union of India challenging Armed Forces Tribunal orders that granted disability pensions to retired army and navy personnel. The petitioners argued that the Medical Board opinions that a disease was a constitutional disorder and …

UNION OF INDIA AND ORSversusSHAHAJI HARI PATIL

Dismissed

The Bombay High Court considered a batch of writ petitions filed by the Union of India challenging Armed Forces Tribunal orders that granted disability pensions to retired army and navy personnel. The petitioners argued that the Medical Board opinions that a disease was a constitutional disorder and …

HARESH PARMANAND JASHNANI AND ORSversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS

Disposed off as Withdrawn

The applicants, Haresh Parmanand Jashnani and others, filed Criminal Application No. 288 of 2019 before the Bombay High Court. They later approached the court seeking to withdraw the application, stating that a settlement had been reached between the parties. The learned counsel for the applicants, …

ANUJ JITESH SHAHversusDILIPKUMARI JAYANTILAL LADHANI AND ORS

Disposed off as Withdrawn

The applicant, Anuj Jitesh Shah, filed Criminal Application No.293 of 2019 seeking relief against the respondents. Counsel for the applicant informed the court that the dispute had been settled between the parties and requested permission to withdraw the application. The court considered the request …

SANTOSH SITARAM GAIKWADversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Dissmiss For Default/Non-Prosecution

The applicant, Santosh Sitaram Gaikwad, filed a criminal application but failed to appear before the court on the scheduled date. The respondent, the State of Maharashtra, indicated that the charges had been framed and the trial was proceeding to the evidence stage. Since the applicant did not …

UNION OF INDIAversusJC 730893A EX SUB BHOSALE SUDHIR ANNA

Dismissed

The Bombay High Court considered a batch of writ petitions filed by the Union of India challenging Armed Forces Tribunal orders that granted disability pensions to retired army and navy personnel. The petitioners argued that the Medical Board opinions that a disease was a constitutional disorder and …

VAISHALI VITTHAL KHARADEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Dissmiss For Default/Non-Prosecution

The petitioner, Vaishali Vitthal Kharade, filed Criminal Application No.421 of 2019 before the Bombay High Court. No counsel or party appeared for the petitioner on the scheduled date of 22 January 2026, and the petitioner continued to be absent thereafter. The court observed that the application …

RASHMI SALUJAversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR

Dismissed

Dr. Rashmi Saluja, former Executive Chairman of Religare Enterprises Ltd., challenged the registration of FIR No.355/2024 and the ECIR/MBZO‑I/27/2024 issued by the Directorate of Enforcement under the Prevention of Money‑Laundering Act (PMLA). She argued that the FIR was barred by special statutes …

JASMEETSINGH ANAND AND ORSversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR

Dissmiss For Default/Non-Prosecution

The applicants failed to appear before the High Court on the scheduled date for Criminal Application No.608 of 2019. The respondent's counsel informed the Court that the police had filed a "B" Summary Report, which the complainant challenged by filing a protest petition (C.C. No.3605/MISC./2022). …

MAHESH KISHAN MOTEWARversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS

Dissmiss For Default/Non-Prosecution

Mahesh Kishan Motewar filed Criminal Application No.630 of 2019 before the Bombay High Court. No party appeared on the scheduled date of 22 January 2026, and the applicant continued to be absent. The court observed that the matter had not been progressed since filing and the applicant appeared to …

UNION OF INDIA THROUGH MINISTRY OF DEFENCEversusCOL ARUN BHANDARI

Dismissed

The Bombay High Court considered a batch of writ petitions filed by the Union of India challenging Armed Forces Tribunal orders that granted disability pensions to retired army and navy personnel. The petitioners argued that the Medical Board opinions that a disease was a constitutional disorder and …

VIRENDRA CHANDRAKANT JOSHI AND ANRversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR

Dissmiss For Default/Non-Prosecution

The petitioners, Virendra Chandrakant Joshi and another, filed Criminal Application No. 898 of 2019 before the Bombay High Court. No counsel appeared on behalf of the applicants on the scheduled date of 22 January 2026, nor did they appear subsequently. The court observed that the application had …

UNION OF INDIA THROUGH MINISTRY OF DEFENCEversusLT COL RAJESH KUMAR (RETD)

Dismissed

The Bombay High Court considered a batch of writ petitions filed by the Union of India challenging Armed Forces Tribunal orders that granted disability pensions to retired army and navy personnel. The petitioners argued that the Medical Board opinions that a disease was a constitutional disorder and …

UDAY SURESH SURVE AND ANRversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR

Dissmiss For Default/Non-Prosecution

The applicants filed Criminal Application No.1216 of 2019 in the Bombay High Court but failed to appear for the hearing on 22 January 2026, and no further appearances were made. The court noted that the matter had not been progressed since filing and the applicants appeared to have lost interest. …

SACHIN S/O RAMKRUSHNA GURAV AND ANRversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR

Dissmiss For Default/Non-Prosecution

The applicants filed Criminal Application No.1217 of 2019 in the Bombay High Court seeking relief, but failed to appear at the hearing on 22 January 2026 and again on 23 January 2026. The court noted that the matter had not been progressed since filing and the applicants appeared to have lost …

DefenceversusEx JWO Abhay Prasad Mahapatra

Dismissed

The Bombay High Court considered a batch of writ petitions filed by the Union of India challenging Armed Forces Tribunal orders that granted disability pensions to retired army and navy personnel. The petitioners argued that the Medical Board opinions that a disease was a constitutional disorder and …

SHABBIR ABDUL SHAIKHversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR.

Dissmiss For Default/Non-Prosecution

Shabbir Abdul Shaikh filed Criminal Application No.1440 of 2019 against the State of Maharashtra. No party appeared before the Court on the scheduled date, and the applicant continued to be absent. The Court observed that the application had not been circulated since filing, indicating the …

ARVIND VASANT BARASKAR AND ANRversusSUDALAIMANI PANDARAM NADAR AND ANR

Dissmiss For Default/Non-Prosecution

The applicants, Arvind Vasant Baraskar and another, failed to appear before the Bombay High Court when their criminal application was listed on 22 January 2026, and they have not appeared since. No counsel was retained for the applicants, and the matter had not been circulated. The court noted the …

UNION OF INDIA THROUGH MINISTRY OF DEFENCEversusPARDESHI MANOJ PITAMBAR

Dismissed

The Bombay High Court heard a batch of writ petitions filed by the Union of India challenging Armed Forces Tribunal orders that granted disability pensions to various retired Army and Navy personnel. The petitioners argued that the Tribunal should not have interfered with the opinions of the …

PARVEEN ASAD UNIA W/O ASAD UNIA AND ANRversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS

Dissmiss For Default/Non-Prosecution

The applicants filed Criminal Application No.1452 of 2019 and an interim application, but failed to appear before the court on the scheduled date of 20 January 2026 and thereafter. The court observed that the matter had not been progressed since filing and the applicants appeared to have lost …

SITARAM SUDAMA GUPTAversusTHE UNION OF INDIA AND ANR.

Dismissed

The petitioner, Sitaram Sudama Gupta, challenged his arrest and police custody ordered by an Additional Sessions Judge under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, alleging that no investigation had been completed and that the grounds of arrest were furnished only in English, which he could …

SHRIKANT HARISHCHANDRA HODAWADEKARversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS

Dismissed as Withdrawn

The petitioner, Shrikant Harishchandra Hodawadekar, filed Criminal Writ Petition No. 3470 of 2025 in the Bombay High Court seeking permission to withdraw the petition and to avail a statutory remedy under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. The petitioner’s counsel, B. K. Barve & Co., argued for …

CHITRA KUNAL GHASTEversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS.

Dismissed

The petitioner, Mrs. Chitra Kunal Ghaste, sought a writ of mandamus directing senior police officers to issue a No Objection Certificate (NOC) and the Regional Passport Officer to renew her passport in her new name despite an FIR (No. 688 of 2024) alleging offences under sections 408, 420 and 34 of …