Bombay High Court
DIPAKBHAI PREMABHAI PATELversusPUNYA SALILA SRIVASTAVA, IAS
- Decided
- Disposal
- Disposed Off
Holding
The court held that the respondents had complied with the judgment and therefore the contempt petition was disposed.
Summary
The petitioners, Dipakbhai Patel and another, filed a contempt petition alleging that the respondents, including IAS officer Ms. Punya Salila Srivastava and others, had willfully disobeyed a Bombay High Court judgment dated 29 September 2025 in Writ Petition No. 11565 of 2025. The respondents had earlier filed a Special Leave Petition in the Supreme Court, which was dismissed on 31 July 2026, with the Supreme Court noting that the earlier judgment would not be a binding precedent because the petitioners had already secured admission for the second respondent in a medical college. Respondent No.3 testified that the court’s order had been complied with by admitting the second petitioner under the ST quota in the Namo Medical Education and Research Institute and that the requisite fees had been paid. The High Court accepted this compliance, found no contempt, and consequently disposed of the contempt petition without awarding costs.
Issues considered
- Did the respondents commit contempt of the High Court’s judgment dated 29 September 2025?
- Was the judgment complied with by admitting the petitioner under the ST quota and receiving fees?
- What is the effect of the Supreme Court’s dismissal of the Special Leave Petition on the contempt proceedings?
Subjects
- contempt of court
- judgment compliance
- Special Leave Petition
- Supreme Court dismissal
- ST quota admission
- medical education
Judgment
11-CP-397-26.doc
Dipakbhai Premabhai Patel & Anr. v. Ms. Punya Salila Srivastava, IAS & Ors.
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 397 OF 2026
IN
WRIT PETITION NO. 11565 OF 2025
Dipakbhai Premabhai Patel & Anr. …Petitioners
Versus
Ms. Punya Salila Srivastava, IAS & Ors. …Respondents
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Mr. Rahul Walia a/w Ms. Asmita Pendharkar for the Petitioners.
Mr. Puneet Pathak (VC) for the Respondent Nos. 1 and 2.
Mr. Harsh Dedhia for the Respondent No. 3.
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CORAM : R.I. CHAGLA J
FARHAN P. DUBASH, J
DATE : 6 August 2026
ORDER :
SHARAYU
PANDURANG
KHOT
1. By this Contempt Petition, the Petitioners have sought
Digitally
signed by
SHARAYU
PANDURANG
KHOT
prayers against the Respondents / Contemnors for having committed
Date:
2026.08.07
11:36:55
+0530
contempt of this Court’s judgment and order dated 29th September
2025 passed in Writ Petition No. 11565 of 2025.
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2. Mr. Walia, the learned Counsel for the Petitioners, states
that the Respondents had filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) before
the Supreme Court against the said judgment and order dated 29th
September 2025. The Supreme Court by its order dated 31st July
2026 had dismissed the SLP and made it clear that because the
Petitioners have already admitted the 2nd Respondent for the
M.B.B.S. course in the Petitioner No. 3-Namo Medical Education and
Research Institute, the view taken in the impugned judgment and
order shall not be treated as binding precedent on the point.
3. Mr. Dedhia, the learned Counsel for the Respondent
No.3, states on instructions that the said judgment and order passed
by this Court in respect of which contempt has been alleged, has
been duly complied with by admitting Petitioner No. 2 under ST
quota in M.B.B.S. course in Respondent No. 3-Namo Medical
Education and Research Institute and fees have already been received
from the Petitioners. The statement is accepted.
4. In view of the above statement and considering that the
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said judgment and order dated 29th September 2025 has been
complied with, we dispose of the present Contempt Petition.
5. There shall be no order as to costs.
[FARHAN P. DUBASH, J.] [R.I. CHAGLA J.]
Sharayu Khot.
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