Kailash Mangilal Salecha v. the State of Maharashtra and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Criminal writ petition (Bombay High Court, W.P. No.1116 of 2026) by Kailash Mangilal Salecha v. State of Maharashtra & others, decided 6 March 2026 by Shree Chandrashekhar, CJ and Gautam A. Ankhad, J. Petitioner relied on screenshots/truecaller to allege a call from the Police Inspector of Charkop Police Station, Mumbai, to his son and sought an enquiry against the Inspector and other erring officials plus preservation of CCTV footage. Court held the writ jurisdiction is not the appropriate remedy; bare statements of illegality cannot ground departmental proceedings, which are regulated by rules of service and discipline; no fact or law was placed on record. Petition dismissed. Counsel: Aditya Sharma (petitioner); K.V. Saste, Additional Public Prosecutor (Respondent No.1).
What did the court decide?
For the grievance set up by the petitioner, the appropriate remedy lies elsewhere; the writ jurisdiction is not the suitable forum.