MOHAMMED JAVID KHAN vs THE UNION OF INDIA

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J-WP-1085-205.odt rajshree IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.1085 OF 2023 WITH INTERIM APPLICATION (L) NO.21485 OF 2024 WITH INTERIM APPLICATION (L) NO.12194 OF 2023 WITH INTERIM APPLICATION (L) NO.10867 OF 2023 IN WRIT PETITION NO.1085 OF 2023 Nisha Pradeep Pandya alias Nisha Amit Gor & Anr. ....Petitioners V/S Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents ALONGWITH WRIT PETITION NO.205 OF 2023 Mohammed Javid Khan & Anr. ....Petitioners V/S Union of India & Ors. ....Respondent Mr.Vishal Kanade a/w Ms.Tanaya Patankar i/b Mr.Sameer Sawant for the Petitioner in WP No.1085/2023. Mr.Avinash Gokhale a/w Ms.Amrin Khan for Petitioner in WP No.205/2023. Mr.Anil Singh, ASG a/w Ms.Savita Ganoo, Mr.Aditya Thakkar, Mr.Adarsh Vyas and Ms.Rama Gupta i/b Ms.Anusha Amin for Union of India. Mr.Danish Qureshi i/b Mahimtura & Co. for Respondent Nos.4 and 5. Digitally signed RAJSHREE by RAJSHREE KISHOR MORE KISHOR MORE Date: 2026.05.04 17:27:24 +0530 Ms.P.H. Kantharia, GP a/w Ms.Jyoti Chavan, Addl. GP for State. 1/33 J-WP-1085-205.odt CORAM : BHARATI DANGRE & MANJUSHA DESHPANDE, JJ DATE : 4th MAY 2026 JUDGMENT (PER BHARATI DANGRE, J) : 1 Writ Petition No.1085 of 2023 filed by the Petitioners Nisha Pradeep Pandya and Pradeep Baijnath Pandya raise a challenge to the amendment introduced by the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Bill, 2021, in the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 alongwith the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Rules, 2022, insofar as they have replaced the word ‘Court’ with ‘District Magistrate’. A challenge is also raised to the consequential amendments in the Act and Rules by claiming that they are violative of Article 14 and 21 of the Const