The petitioner, a 32‑year‑old typist and self‑described social worker, filed a public interest litigation seeking a direction to the State of Maharashtra to act against persons occupying Galas without authorization and allegedly in arrears of rent, relying on information obtained under the Right to …
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 …
The Union of India appealed a civil matter and sought to correct the description of Respondent No.2 in the judgment dated 30 April 2026, which mistakenly listed the party as ‘M/s. Mira Salt Work Company’ instead of ‘M/s. Mira Real Estate Developer’. The appellant filed a motion on 27 July 2026 …
The High Court considered an interim application filed by Mr. Kiran G. Kulkarni seeking the Court's intervention in Suo Motu Public Interest Litigation No.3 of 2023, alleging that the Thane Municipal Corporation was carrying out illegal demolition exercises. The Court examined whether the applicant, …
The petition (Criminal Writ Petition No. 6214 of 2025) was filed by Jitendra Punamchand Maru against the Central Bureau of Investigation and others. A praecipe dated 7 April 2026 was filed by A.S. Dayal & Associates on behalf of Respondent No.4, seeking deletion of the appearance of counsel shown in …
Shree Aniruddhay Namah Pvt. Ltd. and an associate filed a criminal writ petition in the Bombay High Court seeking a writ of mandamus to compel Axis Bank to de‑freeze a current account that had been frozen. The petition also requested interim relief to reactivate the account pending final disposal. …
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 …
The Principal General Manager Telecom of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. filed a writ petition challenging an order that granted family pension to the younger daughter of a deceased employee. The petitioner argued that the employer could not alter the pension scheme and that the elder daughter, who was …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The Bombay High Court, acting suo moto, examined a dispute arising from the Municipal Commissioner’s attempt to requisition High Court and subordinate court staff for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections. The Court noted that Section 159 of the Representation of Peoples Act, 1951 does …
The petitioner filed a writ petition seeking a direction to the Central Government to amend the Family Courts Act. Respondent No.1 argued that under Section 8 of the General Clauses Act, 1897, such a petition is not maintainable. The Additional Public Prosecutor produced a notification dated 16 July …
The petitioner, Mangesh Dinkar Satav, filed Writ Petition No.1243 of 2026 in the High Court of Bombay challenging an unspecified action of the Returning Officer and other respondents. On 17th February 2026, the petitioner issued a letter to his counsel, Mr. Mahesh B. Gupta, instructing the …
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 …
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., …
The petitioner, claiming to be the Palghar District President of a social organization, filed a public interest litigation seeking a stay on mining and industrial operations of numerous private respondents and police protection. The petitioner alleged rampant illegal quarrying, mining, and …
Mohammed Ismail Abdul Khalik filed a petition seeking a direction to a Special Investigation Team regarding several FIRs and a declaration that section 9 of the Foreigners Act, 1964 is unconstitutional. The respondents, including the State of Maharashtra and the Union of India, submitted that the …
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 …
The petitioners, a partnership firm and Automark Industries, challenged pre‑qualification conditions in eleven tenders issued by the Maharashtra State Infrastructure Development Corporation, alleging arbitrariness, discrimination, and violation of constitutional principles. They sought quashing of …
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 …
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, …
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. …
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 …
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 & …
The petitioner, Dajiram Govind Katare, filed a public interest litigation seeking to shift the scheduled election date from 5 February 2026 to 6 February 2026, citing past precedents where election dates were moved to avoid clashes with local festivities. The petitioner relied on the Supreme Court …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
A batch of writ petitions filed by the Union of India challenged several Armed Forces Tribunal orders that had granted disability pensions to retired army and navy personnel on the ground that their diseases were not attributable to or aggravated by military service. The High Court examined the …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The Principal General Manager of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) filed a writ petition under Article 226 challenging a Central Administrative Tribunal order that directed the State of Maharashtra to release the pension and ex-gratia benefits of a former employee who had been denied these …
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 …
M/s. Trimurti Engineering filed Writ Petition No. 430 of 2026 before the Bombay High Court challenging actions of the Commissionerate of Police and others. No counsel appeared on behalf of the petitioner. The respondents were represented by Government Pleaders. The Court noted the lack of …
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 …
The petitioner, Balya Mama alias Suresh Gopinath Mhatre, filed a public interest litigation (PIL) against the National Highway Authority of India and several other respondents. The petition sought relief, though the specific relief sought is not detailed in the judgment. The High Court examined the …
The appellant, Shashikant Shankar Jadhav, filed a First Appeal (No. 576 of 2022) and an interim application (No. 111 of 2026) before the Bombay High Court. The appellant’s counsel submitted an email dated 7 January 2026 indicating that the parties had settled the dispute. On the basis of this …
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 …
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 …
Petitioner Ravindra Rajaram Patil filed Writ Petition No.155 of 2026 before the Bombay High Court challenging actions of Kalyan‑Dombivli Municipal Corporation and others. The petitioner’s counsel submitted an email dated 7 January 2026 indicating that the dispute had been settled between the parties …
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