Pavitra Prabhikar Mane v. the State of Maharashtra and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
In a criminal writ petition regarding allegations founded on an order under Section 101 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, the court held that writ jurisdiction should not be exercised when an efficacious alternative remedy of filing a criminal complaint is available. The petition was disposed of with liberty to approach the remedy of private complaint.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to take recourse to the remedy of private complaint if so advised; all questions left open.