Special Court designation under Companies law enables expedited trial of serious corporate offences in Maharashtra. The Central Government, with concurrence of the High Court, designated the Court of District Judge 1 and Additional Sessions Judge, Pune as a Special Court to conduct expedited trials of offences under the Companies Act punishable with imprisonment of two years or more, conferring focused criminal jurisdiction for such corporate offences within the State of Maharashtra; the notification was subsequently superseded by a later notification.