Bombay High Court

SHEKHAR PRAMOD KADAMversusANANT SHANKARRAO KADAM AND ORS

Decided: 8 September 2026
Disposal: Disposed Off

Holding

The order dated 21 November 2022 is quashed and set aside, and the intervenor is to be impleaded in Application No. 175 of 2019.

Summary

The petitioner, Shekhar Pramod Kadam, filed a writ petition challenging the order dated 21 November 2022 passed by the Assistant Charity Commissioner, which rejected an intervenor's application to join Application No. 175 of 2019 pending before the Commissioner. The respondents, who are the original applicants before the Commissioner, conceded that the intervenor should be impleaded in the charity proceedings. The Bombay High Court, noting that the merits of the charity matter need not be examined, held that the Commissioner’s order was erroneous. Consequently, the Court quashed and set aside the impugned order and directed that the intervenor be impleaded in the pending application. The writ petition was thereafter disposed of.

Issues considered

Whether the order of the Assistant Charity Commissioner rejecting the intervenor's application is legally valid
Whether the intervenor should be allowed to be impleaded in Application No. 175 of 2019

Subjects

writ petition
intervention
charity law
procedural law
quashing order
impleadment

Judgment

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 JYOTI
 RAJESH                           IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
 MANE                                    CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
Digitally signed by
JYOTI RAJESH
MANE
Date: 2026.09.08
16:10:28 +0530                             WRIT PETITION NO. 3581 OF 2023


                      Shekhar Pramod Kadam                                    ...Petitioner

                             Versus

                      Anant Shankarrao Kadam And
                      Ors                                                     ...Respondents

                                                       _______
                      Mr. Vaibhav Gaikwad (Through V.C.) a.w, Mr. Prajwal V. Pethkar, for Petitioner.
                      Mrs. A.P.Madhuri, for Respondents.
                                                            _______

                                                  CORAM:         AARTI SATHE, J.

                                                   DATE:         08 SEPTEMBER 2026

                      P.C.

                      1.         By the present Petition. The challenge is to the order of 21 st November,

                      2022 passed by Assistant Charity Commissioner rejecting the Application filed by

                      the Intervenor seeking to intervene in Application No. 175 of 2019 pending before

                      the Assistant Charity Commissioner.

                      2.         It is not necessary for this Court to go into the merits of the matter as

                      learned counsel for Respondent Nos. 1 to 11, who are the Applicants before the

                      Assisant Charity Commissioner concedes to the Application. She submits that

                      Petitioner will be impleaded in the said proceedings.

                      3.         In light of the same, the impugned order dated 21 st November, 2022 is

                      hereby quashed and set aside.

                      4.         The intervenor to be impleaded in Application No. 175 of 2019.


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5.     Writ Petition is disposed of in the above terms.




                                       (AARTI SATHE, J.)




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