Shakti @ Lucky Vilas Innarkar v. the State of Maharashtra and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Shakti @ Lucky Vilas Innarkar v. The State of Maharashtra & Anr.; Bombay High Court, Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction; Writ Petition No. 747 of 2026; decided 1 April 2026; coram Shree Chandrashekhar, CJ with Gautam A. Ankhad, J.; advocates: Saurabh Jagtap with Harshwardhan Karande for the petitioner, S.V. Gavand, Addl. P.P. for respondents. Detention order dated 29.10.2025 by Commissioner of Police, Pune City, confirmed 02.12.2025; writ petition dismissed. Key terms: detention order, subjective satisfaction, limited writ jurisdiction, public order versus law and order, recidivist, criminal antecedents (C.R. Nos. 177/2022, 596/2022, 176/2023, 199/2023, 67/2025, 95/2025), prior detention, no deterrent effect, Akshay Digambar Gaikwad (distinguished), Subramanian v. State of Tamil Nadu (2012) 4 SCC 699 (applied).
What did the court decide?
The writ Court has limited jurisdiction over the subjective satisfaction of the Detaining Authority; interference is warranted only if it is demonstrated that the satisfaction is based on no material.