Bombay High Court

Kalpanabai Ananda ThakurversusThe State of Maharashtra STDDM

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The contempt petition was dismissed as nothing survived in it after the Validity Certificate was placed on record.

Summary

Kalpanabai Ananda Thakur filed Contempt Petition No. 526 of 2026 arising out of WP/12398/2025 against the State of Maharashtra and others. The petitioner, through counsel Wagh Mukulanand Ravikant, sought relief alleging contempt. The State, represented by Advocate General G. A. Kulkarni, produced a Validity Certificate in support of its position. The bench noted the certificate and marked it for identification. Finding that the petitioner had no remaining grounds after the certificate was placed on record, the Court held that nothing survived in the petition. Consequently, the contempt petition was disposed of without any order of contempt. The judgment was delivered by Judges Sandipkumar C. More and Vaishali Patil-Jadhav on 2 September 2026.

Issues considered

What is the effect of the Validity Certificate on the maintainability of the contempt petition?

Subjects

contempt
validity certificate
petition disposed
high court
procedural law

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:41120-DB

                                                                   production board sr no. 1




                        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                   BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                             CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 526 OF 2026
                                    IN WP/12398/2025

                                     Kalpanabai Ananda Thakur
                                              Versus
                          The State of Maharashtra S.T.D.D.M. And Others

                   __________________________________________________________
                   Adv. Wagh Mukulanand Ravikant for the Petitioner.
                   Mr. G. A. Kulkarni, A.G.P. for State
                   __________________________________________________________


                                     CORAM     : SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE AND
                                                 VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV, JJ.

                                     DATE      : SEPTEMBER 02, 2026

                   PER COURT :

                   1)             Not on board. Upon mentioning, taken on

                   Production Board.

                   2)             Learned A.G.P. has placed on record the Validity

                   Certificate of the petitioner. The same is taken on record

                   marked "X" for identification.

                   3)             As such, nothing survives in the present

                   petition. Contempt Petition, therefore, stands disposed of.



                   (VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV)            (SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE)
                             JUDGE                            JUDGE




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