Shrikant Madhav Karve v. The State Of Maharashtra And ORS

Sr.No.1 WP 2799.14 SSK

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 2799 OF 2014 Shrikant Madhav Karve ....Petitioner versus The State of Maharashtra and ors.

....Respondents Mr. S. G. Deshmukh i/b. Mr. Gautam T. Kanchanpurkar, advocate for the petitioner.

Mrs.M. H. Mhatre, learned APP for the State.

CORAM : RANJIT MORE & ANUJA PRABHUDESSAI, JJ.

DATED : 9th JUNE, 2015.

P.C.:

Having heard Mr. Deshmukh, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mrs.Mhatre, learned APP for the respondents, in our considered opinion, this petition can conveniently be disposed of, by directing respondent No.3 or the sanctioning authority to decide the petitioner's application dated 11th May, 2014, a copy of which is annexed at "Exhibit E", page 44, for sanction to prosecute the motor vehicle inspectors named therein as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of three months from the date of receipt of this order. Ordered accordingly.

Shubhada S Kadam 1/2

Sr.No.1 WP 2799.14 2.

It is expressly made clear that we have not entered into the merits of the petition and respondent No.3 or the competent authority shall decide the said application independently on its own merits and in accordance with law.

3.

In the light of above order, the petition stands disposed of. (ANUJA PRABHUDESSAI, J.) (RANJIT MORE, J.) Shubhada S Kadam 2/2