Arif Shah v. the Government of Maharahshtra Thr Office Govt Pleader and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, PIL No. 18 of 2025 (Arif Shah v. The Government of Maharashtra and Ors.), decided 14 July 2025 by Alok Aradhe, CJ. and Sandeep V. Marne, J.: challenge to Notification dated 2 March 2023 and Circular dated 31 October 2023 of Department of Law & Justice, Government of Maharashtra cancelling hospital-wise Committee of Doctors for reserved beds for indigent/weaker sections and substituting State Level Special Desk for beds in Charitable Hospitals; plea of corruption, malpractices and non-implementation rejected as mere apprehension; policy decision; judicial review; no arbitrariness or irrationality; petition dismissed.
What did the court decide?
The impugned decision as well as the Circular is in the realm of policy decision, and the scope of interference by Courts in policy decisions is well settled. ¶17