The Bombay High Court has refused to quash an FIR registered against a 22-year-old student from Chennai for possessing one live cartridge in his baggage.
A division bench of Justices Sunil Shukre and MM Sathaye quashed the FIR lodged against Akshay Matkar observing that the game is one of skill and not chance and thus does not come within the ambit of 'gambling'.
Nominal Index [Citation 176 - 222]The Iffco Tokio General Insurance Company Ltd. v. Bhagyashri Ganesh Gaikwad 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 176A v. B 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 177X v. Y 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 178Anil.
Nominal Index [Citation 186 - 196]VJ Jindal Cocoa Pvt Lt v. Union of India & Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 186Ramnagesh Srinivas Akubathini v. State of Maharashtra and Anr. 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 187Ashok.
A division bench of the high court refused to quash FIR against a college teacher in Kolhapur for his WhatsApp status, on the ground that as a professor, he was not entitled to express his views in a casual manner.