Bombay High Court

APPASAHEB RAMRAO SHERKAR AND OTHERSversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

Since the order under contempt was complied with, the contempt petition stands disposed.

Summary

The petitioners, Appasaheb Ramrao Sherkar and others, filed a contempt petition alleging non‑compliance with a court order directing that a writ road be widened to a total width of 12 metres (10 metres plus one metre on each side). The court examined photographs submitted by the respondent’s A.G.P., which showed that the required widening had been carried out, a fact also affirmed by the petitioners’ counsel. The petitioners’ counsel, Mr. Kedar Pathade, was present, while the petitioner’s representative Mr. P.P. More was absent. The court concluded that the contempt order had been satisfied. Consequently, there was no remaining ground for the contempt petition, and it was dismissed. The judges, Justice Sandipkumar C. More and Justice Vaishali Patil‑Jadhav, ordered the petition to be disposed of.

Issues considered

Did the petitioners comply with the court’s order to widen the writ road to 12 metres?
Should the contempt petition be dismissed on the basis of compliance?

Subjects

contempt
compliance
writ road
High Court
civil procedure
court order

Judgment

                                     (1)
                                                           911 CP-7.2021.odt
     IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                BENCH AT AURANGABAD

            911 CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 7 OF 2021
                     IN WP/5119/2019

        APPASAHEB RAMRAO SHERKAR AND OTHERS
                       VERSUS
        THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS

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     Mr. Kedar Pathade, Advocate holding for Mr. P.P.More,
                      Advocate for the petitioners.
        Mr. S.J. Salgare, A.G.P. for respondent Nos.1 to 3.
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                    CORAM : SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE AND
                            VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV, JJ.

                    DATED       : 1st October, 2026

Per Court :

1.    Though the learned Mr. P.P. More for the petitioners is
not available, but the photographs placed on record by the
learned A.G.P. indicate that direction of this Court for carrying
out the work on writ road to the extent of 10 meter wide plus
one meter on either side i.e. in total 12 meter wide, have been
complied with. The said fact is also confirmed by the learned
counsel holding for Mr. More.


2.    As such, when the order under contempt is complied
with, nothing survives in this contempt petition and it stands
disposed of.


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

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