Nandani vs. Officer-in-Charge, Police Station Maravila and Another – sllr 2021 volume 1 page 356

In the case between Nandani (Petitioner, wife of the suspect) and Officer-in-Charge, Police Station Maravila and Another, the court addressed the issue of whether a petitioner, as the wife of an accused, possesses locus standi to file a revision application challenging the High Court’s refusal to issue notice on her husband’s bail application. The court held that such locus standi exists and affirmed the broad revisionary jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal to correct arbitrary judicial refusals in bail matters under exceptional circumstances. The principle reaffirmed is that revisionary relief may be invoked where gross injustice results from lower court action, particularly in cases involving inordinate delays and prolonged custody. The decision relied on judicial precedents interpreting