Writ Petition No. 3511 of 2022
Parties: Rasik Narsingh Chauhan & Others Versus The State of Maharashtra, Through its Secretary, Forest Dept., Mumbai & Others
Coram: THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE B.P. COLABAWALLA & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT S. JAMSANDEKAR
Advocates: For the Petitioners: Drupad Patil, with Balasaheb G. Ligade, Advocates. For the Respondents: R1 to R6, S.D. Vyas, Addl. GP, with M.M. Pabale, AGP, Sagar Mali, Advocate.
Head Note:
Indian Forest Act, 1927 – Sections 34A, 35(1), 35(3) – Maharashtra Private Forests (Acquisition) Act, 1975 – Sections 2(f), 3, 22A – Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 – Section 2 – Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Adhiniyam, 1980 (as amended in 2023) – Section 1-A – Mutation Entries – Forest Land – Requirement of Central Government Permission – Writ Jurisdiction – Petitioners challenged Mutation Entry Nos.1700...
Interim Application (L) No. 35924 of 2025 with Interim Application (L) Nos. 35925, 37574, 37575, 37865, 37868 of 2025 In Suit (L) Nos. 35923, 37573, 37862 of 2025
Parties: Anil D. Ambani Versus Indian Overseas Bank & Others
Coram: THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MILIND N. JADHAV
Advocates: For the Appearing Parties: Gaurav Joshi, Ashish Kamat, Zal Andhyarujina, Zarir Bharucha, Kevic Setalvad, Senior Advocate’s a/w. Ameet Naik, Piyush Raheja, Abhishekh Kale, Devashish Jagirdar & Ronit Doshi, i/by Naik Naik & Company, Mayur Khandeparkar Madhu Gadodia, Akansha Agarwal, Babu Sivaprakasam, Nandita Bajpai, Rahat Kalptri & Vijay Srinivasan, i/by Yogesh Pirtani, Rishi Thakur & Dhwani Gala, Jeehan Lalka, Nishit Dhruva, Niyati Merchant & Rajlaxmi Pawar, i/by MDP Legal, Kunal Dwarkadas, a/w. Rahul Dwarkadas, Prachi Dhanani, Raushan Kumar & Aniket Kharote, i/by RJD & Partners, Advocates.
Head Note:
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 – Order XXXIX Rules 1 & 2 – Order II Rule 2 – Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 – Sections 2(b), 2(e), 6 – RBI Master Directions on Fraud – Classification and Reporting by Commercial Banks and select FIs, 2016 – RBI Master Directions on Fraud Risk Management in Commercial Banks (including Regional Rural Banks) and All India Financial Institutions Directions, 2024 – Clauses 4.1, 8.9.4, 10 – Forensi...
Arbitration Petition No. 532 of 2024 with Interim Application (L) Nos. 24714, 24723 of 2023 In Arbitration Petition Nos. 532, 557 of 2024
Parties: Sharekhan Limited Versus Monita Kisan Khade & Another
Coram: THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP V. MARNE
Advocates: For the Petitioner: Kunal Katariya with Pulkit Sukhramani, Anshuman Sugla, Samreen Fatima & Juan D\'souza i/b M/s. J. Sagar Associates, Advocates. For the Respondents: Chirag Dave with Shubham Kalbere i/b M/s. Legasis Partners, Advocates.
Head Note:
Securities and Exchange Board of India Circular dated 22 March 2018 – Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – Section 34 – Stock Broker Liability – Pre-trade / Post-trade Confirmation – Unauthorised Trades – Petition challenging arbitral awards upholding IGRC decision awarding 50% trading losses to clients on ground of non-compliance with SEBI Circular – Issue whether failure to maintain call recordings and confirmations makes broker liable for losses.....
O.M.P. No. 1277 of 2013
Parties: M/s. Traffic Media (India) Versus Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
Coram: THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JASMEET SINGH
Advocates: For the Petitioner: Arvind Nayar, Sr. Advocate, Aman Vaccher, Ashutosh Dubey, Advocates. For the Respondent: Arjun Natarajan, Aayush Kumar, Nakul Gupta, Advocates.
Head Note:
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 - Section 34 -
Comparative Citation:
2025 DHC 11979,...
Writ Petition No. 6029 of 2025
Parties: Baratam Satish Versus The Joint Commissioner Of Central Tax, Vizianagaram Central GST Division, Vizianagaram & Others
Coram: THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R. RAGHUNANDAN RAO & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.C.D. SEKHAR
Advocates: For the Petitioner: C. Sanjeeva Rao, Advocate. For the Respondents: Y.N. Vivekananda, Advocate.
Head Note:
Constitution of India - Article 226 -...
Writ Petition No. 34623 of 2025
Parties: D. Venkateswaramma Versus The State Of Andhra Pradesh, Represented By Its Principal Secretary, Department Of Panchayat Raj, Secretariat Building, Velagapudi, Amaravati, Guntur & Others
Coram: THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAVI CHEEMALAPATI
Advocates: For the Petitioner: Vekananda Virupaksha, Advocate. For the Respondents: GP For Panchayat Raj Rural Dev, Varun Byreddy, GP For Revenue, Mattegunta Sudhir, Standing Counsel for Z.P.Ps, M.P.Ps, Gram Panchayats.
Head Note:
Constitution of India - Article 226 -...
Writ Petition No. 9543 of 2025 & Writ Petition Nos. 9544, 9545, 9564, 9565, 9979, 9980 of 2025 with Civil Application No. 10580 of 2025
Parties: Shree Datta Deosthan Trust, Through its authorized Trustee Secretary, Sanjay Kshirsagar, Pune Versus Murlidhar Eknath Rishipathak & Others
Coram: THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN R. PEDNEKER
Advocates: For the Petitioner: N.B. Khandare, Senior Advocate i/b. Parag Barde, Akshara Madake, P.S. Shendurnikar, Advocates. For the Respondents: C.V. Dharurkar, AGP, R2 & R1, R.N. Dhorde, Senior Advocate i/b. R1 & R2, Anirudha A. Nimbalkar, K.N. Lokhande, Advocates.
Head Note:
Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, 1950 – Sections 37, 38, 39, 40, 41A, 41B, 41D, 50A – Change Report – Permanent Trustee – Removal by Co-Trustees – Hereditary Trustee – Inquiry Report – Jurisdiction of Charity Commissioner – Writ Petitions – Petitions challenged concurrent rejection of multiple change reports relating to removal of Milind Kshirsagar and subsequent appointments – Trust constitution provided for one permanen...
Criminal Writ Petition No. 293 of 2024
Parties: Alpesh Navinchandra Gosalia Versus State of Maharashtra, Through its Chief Secretary & Others
Coram: THE HONOURABLE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. SHREE CHANDRASHEKHAR & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GAUTAM A. ANKHAD
Advocates: For the Petitioner: Mathews Nedumpara a/w. Hemali Marva, Maria Nedumpara, Sweta Dadheech i/b. Nedumpara & Nedumpara, Advocates. For the Respondents: R1, M.M. Deshmukh, I/C Public Prosecutor with S.V. Gavand, APP, R11 to R13, Manoj Mohite, R15, Darius Shroff, R36, Subodh Desai, R40 & R41, A.Y. Sakhare, Senior Advocates, R3, Manisha Jagtap, R4, Omprakash Jha i/by The Law Point, R5, Pradeep Mane a/w Riddhi Badheka i/b Desai & Diwanji, R9, Kuldeep Patil a/w, Sumit Nimbalkar, Anay S. Joshi & Sanika Joshi, Smita Durve & Arshil Shah, Kartikeya Desai & R19, Sayli Shinde i/b. M/s. Kartikeya & Associates, R16, R22 to R24 & R38 & R39, Mayur Khandeparkar a/w Sonam Mhatre, Saloni Sulakhe, Declan Fernandez & Shloak Sanghvi i/by Dhaval Vussonji & Associates, R20 & R21, Rahul P. Jain i/b. Alpha chambers, R30, Jagdish B. Choudhary i/by M/s. Raj Legal, R34, Vedant Bende i/b Mandar Limaye, R35, Vaibhav Singh a/w Manas Kotak, Vidhi Basrani i/by Veritas Legal, Abinash Pradhan, Garima Agrawal, Yash Dedhia i/by Wadia Ghandy & Co., P.P. Chauhan i/by Komal Punjabi, Ativ Patel a/w Harshad R. Vyas i/by AVP Partners, Advocates.
Head Note:
Constitution of India – Article 226 – Criminal Law – Sections 406, 409, 420, 421, 120-A read with section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 – Direction for Registration of FIR – Economic Offences – Multiple Proceedings – Abuse of Process – Scope of Writ Jurisdiction – Petition seeking investigation by multiple agencies including CBI, ED, SEBI.
Court Held – Writ Petition dismissed – High Court can...
Writ Petition No. 11058 of 2025 & Writ Petition Nos. 11059, 11198, 11753 of 2025
Parties: Kartiki Awantika & Others Versus The State of Maharashtra & Others
Coram: THE HONOURABLE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. SHREE CHANDRASHEKHAR & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GAUTAM A. ANKHAD
Advocates: For the Petitioners: Abhijeet Desai a/w Mohini A. Rehpade, Vijay Singh, Daksha Punghera & Karan Gajra i/b Desai Legal LLP, Advocates. For the Respondents: R1, O.A. Chandurkar, Addl. Government Pleader a/w R1, Pooja Patil, R1, M.P. Thakur, AGP’s, R3, Dr. Milind Sathe, Senior Advocate R2, Ashutosh M. Kulkarni a/w Sarthak Diwan & Meghana Chavan, Rahul Nerlekar & Amruta Nerlekar, Advocates.
Head Note:
Constitution of India – Article 226 – Writ of Mandamus – Judicial Service Examination – Civil Judge (Junior Division) & JMFC – Re-evaluation – Inspection of Answer Books – Right under RTI Act, 2005 – Absence of Statutory Provision for Re-evaluation – Scope of Judicial Review – Grave Injustice – Sanctity of Competitive Examination – Ratio Decidendi – Judicial Discipline – No candidate has an e...
Writ Petition No. 13795 Of 2021
Parties: Gopal Baghel Versus State Of Madhya Pradesh & Others
Coram: THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHISH SHROTI
Advocates: For the Petitioner: Alok Katare, learned counsel. For the Respondents: R2 & R4, N.K. Gupta learned Government Advocate, Narottam Sharma, learned counsel.
Head Note:
Indian Penal Code - Sections 381 & 408 -
Comparative Citation:
2026 Lab IC 1020,
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