High Court of Bombay at Goa Allows Writ Petition Challenging Denial of Private Security Agency Licence Under Section 6(1)(b) of Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act, 2005 — Conviction for Offence with Prescribed Punishment of Less Than Two Years Does Not Attract Disqualification. The court held that the phrase 'prescribed punishment' in Section 6(1)(b) refers to the maximum punishment prescribed for the offence, and since the maximum punishment under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 is two years (less than two years), such conviction does not disqualify the applicant....
The petitioners, M/s Chase Security Services and its proprietor Ravindra Prabhakar Sawant, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India before the High Court of Bombay at Goa, ...
