AMINA AHMED DOSSA vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

The Supreme Court addressed the maintainability of appeals under Section 18 of the Terrorists and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987, determining that the impugned order was not a judgment or final order from the Designated Court, but rather an interlocutory order. The Court clarified that appeals are not permissible for such orders, as they do not meet the criteria outlined in Section 8 of the Act and Sections 82 to 84 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Consequently, the appeals were dismissed for lack of maintainability.