In Brief
The Supreme Court allowed the appeal of the Pune Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (PMRDA) against an interim order passed by the High Court of Bombay. The High Court had restricted public access to a 12-meter-wide road to certain hours and imposed conditions while a writ petition challenging PMRDA's order to keep the road open for public use was pending. The Court held that the High Court had exceeded its jurisdiction under Article 226 by making an ad-hoc substantive arrangement that effectively granted final relief through interim orders. The Court quashed the High Court's order and directed that the writ petition be decided on its merits independently and in accordance with law."
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