Bombay High Court

ASHTAVINAYAK SRA CHS LIMITED THROUGH CHAIRMAN GOPICHAND NAGNATH WAGHMAREversusThasildar 1 Special Branch Competent Authority II Slum Rehabilitation Authority

Decided: 27 July 2026
Disposal: Disposed Off
Bench: M S KARNIK S M MODAK

Holding

The Court held that the phrase "11 occupants" must be corrected to "5 occupants" in the original order.

Summary

The High Court of Bombay heard Contempt Petition No.272 of 2026 filed by Ashtavinayak SRA CHS Limited against the Tahsildar-1 and the Slum Rehabilitation Authority. The petition sought correction of a clerical error in the earlier order dated 27 July 2026, where the term "11 occupants" was mistakenly used. The Court examined the minutes of the earlier order and agreed that the phrase should be amended to "5 occupants". Accordingly, the Court directed that the correction be made in the original order and that the revised order be uploaded on the Court's website as Order No.2. The order was pronounced by Justices M.S. Karnik and S.M. Modak.

Issues considered

Whether the term "11 occupants" in the earlier order should be corrected to "5 occupants"

Subjects

contempt petition
order correction
slum rehabilitation
civil appellate jurisdiction
judicial minutes

Judgment

2026:BHC-AS:30707-DB
                 This Order is Speaking to Minutes order of order dated //


                Bhogale                                                                m-2.conpw-272-2026.odt



                          IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                  CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                                 CONTEMPT PETITION NO.272 OF 2026

               Ashtavinayak SRA CHS Limited,
               Through Chairman Gopichand Nagnath
               Waghmare and ors.                                              … Petitioners
                     Versus
               Tahsildar-1 (Special Branch)
               Competent Authority-II, Slum Rehabilitation
               Authority and ors.                                             .… Respondents

                                               WITH
                                INTERIM APPLICATION NO.4354 OF 2026
                                                IN
                                 CONTEMPT PETITION NO.272 OF 2026

                                        ****
               Adv. Rutuja Shedge i/b. Adv. Ravleen Sabharwal, for the
               respondent-SRA.
                                        ****
                                       CORAM : M. S. KARNIK &
                                                 S. M. MODAK, JJ.

                                                          DATE :        7th AUGUST 2026

               P.C. :


               1.          Not on board. Upon mentioning taken on board for

               Speaking to the Minutes of Order dated 27th July, 2026.

               2.          In    paragraph         3    of     the     said   Order,     the      words

               “11 occupants” be substituted with the words “5 occupants”.


                                                         1
                              This Order is Speaking to Minutes order of order dated //


                              Bhogale                                                            m-2.conpw-272-2026.odt



                           3.           The above corrections be carried out in the original order

                           and corrected order be uploaded on the website of this Court as

                           Order No.2.




                           (S. M. MODAK, J.)                                              (M. S. KARNIK, J.)




Signed by: Pradnya Bhogale
Designation: PA To Honourable Judge
Date: 07/08/2026 17:55:35                                             2

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