TILOK G. LALWANI AND ANR vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND ORS — WP/5640/2024

Case under Bombay Prohibition Act. Disposed: Contested--Partly Allowed on 29th April 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: HCBM010190342024

Filing Number

WP/10871/2024

Filing Date

10-Apr-2024

Registration No

WP/5640/2024

Registration Date

12-Apr-2024

Judge

Hon'ble Shri Justice Suman Shyam , Hon'ble Shri Justice Shyam C. Chandak

Coram

Hon'ble Shri Justice Suman Shyam , Hon'ble Shri Justice Shyam C. Chandak

Bench Type

Division

Category

EXCISE ( 36 )

Judicial Branch

Civil

Decision Date

29-Apr-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--Partly Allowed

Last updated 02-May-2026

Acts & Sections

Bombay Prohibition Act

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.TILOK G. LALWANI AND ANR

    Adv. ABHIJIT P KULKARNI,Veena Thadhani,Veena Thadhani, ,Veena Thadhani

  2. 2.ANJALI ARVIND ASWANI

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND ORS

  2. 2.THE COLLECTOR,

  3. 3.THE SUPERINTENDENT

  4. 4.THE INSPECTOR

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 29-Apr-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Suman Shyam,hon'ble Shri Justice Shyam C. ChandakView PDF

    The Bombay High Court partly allowed the petitioners' writ petition, quashing the State's May 2024 order that increased liquor license transfer fees from Rs. 20,21,270 to Rs. 45,00,000. The court ruled that since the transfer application predated the May 31, 2022 fee amendment, the original fee applies with interest under Section 114 of the Bombay Prohibition Act, finding the petitioners deliberately delayed payment to avoid compliance. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 01-Apr-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Suman Shyam,hon'ble Shri Justice Shyam C. ChandakView PDF

  4. 06-Jan-2025

    High On Board (Hob)

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla , Hon'ble Shri Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan

  5. 16-Dec-2024

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla,hon'ble Shri Justice Somasekhar SundaresanView PDF

  6. 16-Dec-2024

    High On Board (Hob)

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla , Hon'ble Shri Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan

  7. 09-Dec-2024

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla,hon'ble Shri Justice Somasekhar SundaresanView PDF

  8. 09-Dec-2024

    High On Board (Hob)

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla , Hon'ble Shri Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan

  9. 02-Dec-2024

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla,hon'ble Shri Justice Somasekhar SundaresanView PDF

  10. 02-Dec-2024

    High On Board (Hob)

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla , Hon'ble Shri Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan

  11. 25-Nov-2024

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla,hon'ble Shri Justice Somasekhar SundaresanView PDF

  12. 25-Nov-2024

    High On Board (Hob)

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla , Hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwalla

  13. 01-Oct-2024

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla,hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze PooniwallaView PDF

  14. 01-Oct-2024

    High On Board (Hob)

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla , Hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwalla

  15. 24-Sep-2024

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla,hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze PooniwallaView PDF

  16. 24-Sep-2024

    High On Board (Hob)

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla , Hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwalla

  17. 02-Sep-2024

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla,hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze PooniwallaView PDF

  18. 02-Sep-2024

    High On Board (Hob)

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla , Hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwalla

  19. 26-Aug-2024

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla,hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze PooniwallaView PDF

  20. 26-Aug-2024

    High On Board (Hob)

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla , Hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwalla

  21. 19-Aug-2024

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla,hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze PooniwallaView PDF

  22. 19-Aug-2024

    First On Board (Fob)

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla , Hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwalla

  23. 05-Aug-2024

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla,hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze PooniwallaView PDF

  24. 05-Aug-2024

    First On Board (Fob)

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla , Hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwalla

  25. 15-Jul-2024

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla,hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze PooniwallaView PDF

  26. 15-Jul-2024

    First On Board (Fob)

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla , Hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwalla

  27. 28-Jun-2024

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla,hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze PooniwallaView PDF

  28. 28-Jun-2024

    For Direction

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla , Hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwalla

  29. 28-Jun-2024

    For Direction

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla , Hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwalla

  30. 27-Jun-2024

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla,hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze PooniwallaView PDF

  31. 27-Jun-2024

    High On Board -

    Hon'ble Shri Justice B.P. Colabawalla , Hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwalla

  32. 30-Apr-2024

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Jitendra Shantilal Jain,hon'ble Shri Justice A.S. ChandurkarView PDF

  33. 24-Apr-2024

    High On Board (Hob)

    Hon'ble Shri Justice G. S. Kulkarni , Hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwalla

  34. 17-Apr-2024

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  35. 10-Apr-2024

    Case filed

    Registration No. WP/5640/2024

casestatus.in Summary

The Bombay High Court partly allowed the petitioners' writ petition, quashing the State's May 2024 order that increased liquor license transfer fees from Rs. 20,21,270 to Rs. 45,00,000. The court ruled that since the transfer application predated the May 31, 2022 fee amendment, the original fee applies with interest under Section 114 of the Bombay Prohibition Act, finding the petitioners deliberately delayed payment to avoid compliance. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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