Rajshri W/O. Upendra Muley v. State of Maha., Thr. Police Station Officer, Police Station Risod, Washim and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench; WRIT PETITION No.41 OF 2025; Rajshri w/o Upendra Muley v. State of Maharashtra (Police Station Officer, PS Risod, Distt. Washim) and others; decided 24-02-2025 by Alok Aradhe, CJ and Nitin W. Sambre, J (P.C. order). Keywords: direction to respondent No.3 to defreeze bank account; account frozen by Branch Manager without order from competent authority; maintainability of writ petition against private bank; does not perform public duties; S. Shobha v. Muthoot Finance Ltd., 2025 SCC OnLine SC 17 7; adjournment granted; listed on 4.3.2025; R.S. Kurekar for petitioner; Devendra V. Chauhan Sr. Advocate/GP for respondent Nos.1-2; M.Y. Wadodkar for respondent No.3.
What did the court decide?
Adjournment granted at the request of learned counsel for the petitioner to enable him to examine the maintainability contention raised by the Government Pleader; matter listed for further hearing on 04-03-2025. No substantive decision taken.