The Court held that the criminal cases were an abuse of the process of law and were driven by a vengeful complainant rather than any prosecutable offence.
The Maharashtra Advocate General and the Centre's counsel on May 8 told the Court that an Advocate Protection Bill is already under consideration and urged against issuing any directions on the issue. ...
The petitioner had contended that the board's composition violated a 2025 amendment to the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, which capped the number of life-trustees in public trust boards.
Justice Milind N Jadhav found the Corporation’s pace of action particularly troubling, noting that the entire process from notice to demolition was completed in just 13 days.
The Court flagged the increasing trend of citizens being compelled to approach constitutional courts for technical irregularities including biometric anomalies in their Aadhaar records.
“There is certainly a need for an area-wise systematic and scientific approach to be adopted to phase-wise do away with the slums in Mumbai,” the Court added.