Bombay High Court
PRAVIN RAMRAO PATILversusNITIN GADRE
- Disposal
- DISPOSED OFF
Holding
The court held that where the contempt orders have been complied with, the contempt petitions stand disposed of.
Summary
The Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench, heard a batch of contempt petitions numbered 57/2023, 673/2023, 258/2024, 393/2023, 260/2024, 259/2024, 86/2024, 87/2024 and 897/2024. The petitioners submitted that the orders issued in the earlier contempt proceedings had been fully complied with. The Court examined the compliance status and found that for petitions 57/2023, 673/2023, 258/2024, 393/2023, 260/2024, 259/2024 and 86/2024 the compliance was satisfactory, consequently disposing of those petitions. For the remaining petitions, 87/2024 and 897/2024, the Court ordered that they be listed for hearing on 23 July 2026. The judgment therefore disposes of the former set of petitions and schedules the latter for further consideration, without addressing any substantive legal controversy beyond the question of compliance.
Issues considered
- Whether the orders passed in the earlier contempt proceedings have been complied with
- Whether the contempt petitions should be disposed of on the basis of compliance
- Whether the remaining contempt petitions should be listed for further hearing
Subjects
- contempt of court
- compliance
- disposal
- high court
- multiple petitions
- procedural law
Judgment
2026:BHC-AUG:26176-DB
907.cp.57.2023
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
BENCH AT AURANGABAD
907 CONT. PETITION NO. 57 OF 2023
IN WP/2116/2021
Appasaheb Dattatraya Bhutekar And Others
VERSUS
Sujata Saunik Secretary General Administration
Department And Others
__________________________________________________________
Mr. Mr. Sontakke Sandeep B., Advocate for the Petitioners
Mr. G. A. Kulkarni, AGP for State
__________________________________________________________
WITH
CONT. PETITION NO. 673 OF 2023
IN CP/676/2022
Nanasaheb Dangal Borse
VERSUS
Nitin Gadre
__________________________________________________________
Mr. Sontakke Sandeep B., Advocate for the Petitioner
Mr. G. A. Kulkarni, AGP for State
__________________________________________________________
WITH
CONT. PETITION NO. 258 OF 2024
IN CP/276/2022
Pravin Ramrao Patil
VERSUS
Nitin Gadre
__________________________________________________________
Mr. Sontakke Sandeep B., Advocate for the Petitioner
Mr. G. A. Kulkarni, AGP for State
__________________________________________________________
WITH
CONT. PETITION NO. 393 OF 2023
Vishwanath Wamanrao Tandale
VERSUS
Nitin Gadre
__________________________________________________________
Komal Kamble 1/3
907.cp.57.2023
Mr. Sontakke Sandeep B., Advocate for the Petitioner
Mr. G. A. Kulkarni, AGP for State
Mr. R. C. Patil, Advocate for Respondent No. 3 – Absent
__________________________________________________________
WITH
CONT. PETITION NO. 87 OF 2024
IN WP/1261/2021
Balaji Sambhaji Jadhav
VERSUS
Shri. Nitin Garde
__________________________________________________________
Mr. Mathpati Shivkumar K., Advocate for the Petitioner
Mr. G. A. Kulkarni, AGP for State
__________________________________________________________
WITH
CONT. PETITION NO. 86 OF 2024
IN WP/6854/2022
Baliram Dhanu Vispute
VERSUS
Shri. Nitin Gadre
__________________________________________________________
Mr. Mathpati Shivkumar K., Advocate for the Petitioner
Mr. G. A. Kulkarni, AGP for State
__________________________________________________________
WITH
CONT. PETITION NO. 260 OF 2024
IN CP/277/2022
Padmakar Rambhau Ambodkar
VERSUS
Nitin Gadre
__________________________________________________________
Mr. Sontakke Sandeep B., Advocate for the Petitioner
Mr. G. A. Kulkarni, AGP for State
__________________________________________________________
WITH
CONT. PETITION NO. 259 OF 2024
IN CP/278/2022
Kailas Devidas Patil
VERSUS
Nitin Gadre
Komal Kamble 2/3
907.cp.57.2023
__________________________________________________________
Mr. Sontakke Sandeep B., Advocate for the Petitioner
Mr. G. A. Kulkarni, AGP for State
__________________________________________________________
WITH
CONT. PETITION NO. 897 OF 2024
IN WP/11632/2019
Ajit Shesherao Chavan
VERSUS
Shri. A.m. Kumeriye
__________________________________________________________
Mr. Mathpati Shivkumar K., Advocate for the Petitioner
Mr. G. A. Kulkarni, AGP for State
__________________________________________________________
CORAM : SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE AND
VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV, JJ.
DATE : 2nd JULY, 2026
PER COURT :
Contempt Petition Nos. 57/2023, 673/2023,
258/2024, 393/2023, 260/2024, 259/2024, 86/2024 :
. Learned counsel for the petitioners, on
instructions, submits that in all these petitions, the orders
under contempt have been complied with. In view of the
same, Contempt Petitions stand disposed of.
Contempt Petition Nos. 87/2024, 897/2024 :
. List the contempt petitions on 23.07.2026.
[VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV] [SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE]
JUDGE JUDGE
Komal Kamble 3/3
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