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DIPAKBHAI PREMABHAI PATELversusPUNYA SALILA SRIVASTAVA, IAS

Disposed Off

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 …

C. R. JAIN AND CO.versusUNION OF INDIA THROUGH MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND ORS

Dismissed

The petitioner, a former stock broker, challenged SEBI's demand for registration fees and the subsequent recovery of Rs.38.63 lakh by the Delhi Stock Exchange. He filed Appeal No. 298 of 2019 before the Securities Appellate Tribunal, which was disposed of together with five other appeals on the …

RUBY OJHAversusSNDT WOMENS UNIVERSITY THR. REGISTRAR AND ORS

Disposed Off

The petition filed by Ruby Ojha, Pro‑Vice Chancellor of SNDT Women’s University, sought relief against disciplinary action initiated by the Vice Chancellor. The parties, after extensive hearing, reached a consensual arrangement. It was agreed that the Vice Chancellor is empowered under Sections 12 …

NEERAJKUMAR UMESHKUMAR MORversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS.

Disposed Off

The petitioners filed a series of writ petitions and civil applications before the High Court of Bombay. On the hearing date, none of the petitioners appeared before the Court, and no counsel was present to represent them. The Court noted that the petitioners had also failed to appear on the …

KAVITA KOWSHIK and ORS.versusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA and 3 ORS.

Disposed Off

The petitioners failed to appear before the Bombay High Court on multiple dates for a series of writ petitions and related civil applications. The respondents, represented by various advocates, were present and argued the case. The court noted that no petitioners were present on the previous date …

BARAMATI GRAPE INDUSTRIES LTD.versusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA and ORS.

Disposed Off

The petitioners failed to appear before the Bombay High Court on multiple dates for a series of writ petitions and related civil applications. The respondents, represented by various advocates, were present and argued the case. The court noted that no petitioners were present on the previous date …

MASTER RAHUL TULSHIRAM BIRANIversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA and ANR.

Disposed Off

The petitioners filed a series of writ petitions and civil applications before the High Court of Bombay. On the hearing date, none of the petitioners appeared before the Court, and no counsel was present to represent them. The Court noted that the petitioners had also failed to appear on the …

P.T. TEMBHURNEversusUNION OF INDIA AND ORS

Disposed Off

The petitioners failed to appear before the Bombay High Court on multiple dates for a series of writ petitions and related civil applications. The respondents, represented by various advocates, were present and argued the case. The court noted that no petitioners were present on the previous date …

SHRI PANDHARINATH TUKARAM PATHAREversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA and ORS.

Disposed Off

The petitioners failed to appear before the Bombay High Court on multiple dates for a series of writ petitions and related civil applications. The respondents, represented by various advocates, were present and argued the case. The court noted that no petitioners were present on the previous date …

STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS.versusPANDHARINATH TUKARAM PATHARE AND ORS.

Disposed Off

The petitioners failed to appear before the Bombay High Court on multiple dates for a series of writ petitions and related civil applications. The respondents, represented by various advocates, were present and argued the case. The court noted that no petitioners were present on the previous date …

MRS. NASEEM IMTIYAZ BUTLER AND ANRversusRIYAZ AHMED YASUF BUTLER AND ORS

Disposed Off

The petitioners failed to appear before the Bombay High Court on multiple dates for a series of writ petitions and related civil applications. The respondents, represented by various advocates, were present and argued the case. The court noted that no petitioners were present on the previous date …

PRITESH BHALCHANDRA GHUMAREversusTHE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORT AND ORS.

Disposed Off

The petitioner, Pritesh Bhalchandra Ghumare, filed a writ petition and later sought leave to withdraw it. The learned counsel for the petitioner requested the court’s permission to withdraw the petition. The bench consisting of Justices R.I. Chagla and Farhan P. Dubash considered the application. …

DESAI PRAVIN VIJAYversusABHYANKAR S.B. AND ORS.

Disposed Off

Pravin Vijay Desai filed Writ Petition No. 5296 of 2006 in the High Court of Bombay against S.B. Abhyankar and others. The petition sought relief, but during the proceedings the petitioner’s counsel informed the Court that the petition had become infructuous. No further arguments or evidence were …

ASSOCIATION OF THE MANAGEMENTS OF UNAIDED PROFESSIONAL COLLEGES (MAHARASHTRA) AND ORSversusHIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION DEPT. THR ITS PRIN. SECRETARY , THE STATE OF MAH. AND ORS

Disposed Off

The petitioners, associations of management of various unaided colleges in Maharashtra, filed multiple writ petitions seeking direction for the State to pay pending scholarship, freeship and reimbursement fees to their institutions. The Court held that these writ petitions should be treated as …

PRATHMESH RAJENDRA PATILversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THRU. SECRETARY AND ORS

Disposed Off

The petitioner, a Sectional Engineer appointed in 2016, was terminated on 29 May 2025 by Respondent No. 2 without the inquiry mandated by Rule 8 of the Maharashtra Civil Services (Disciplinary and Appeal) Rules, 1979. The petitioner challenged the termination as a breach of natural justice. The High …

CAPT.Y.D.JOSHIversusUNION OF INDIA AND ANR.

Disposed Off

The petitioner, Capt. Shri Y.D. Joshi, filed Writ Petition No. 5922 of 2006 in the Bombay High Court challenging certain actions of the Union of India and others. During the hearing, the petitioner's counsel sought permission to withdraw the petition. The Court considered whether it could grant …

ANIL YADAVversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA THRO. ITS DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL ITS DEPT.

Disposed Off

The High Court was asked to clarify an interim order dated 17 February 2026 that directed the State CET Cell to allow petitioners to apply for postgraduate medical seats under the 35% Institutional Quota, including unclaimed 15% NRI seats. Petitioners argued that, under Section 7(iii) and Section 14 …

M/S. SUNSHINE BUILDERS AND DEVELOPERSversusHDFC BANK LIMITED AND ORS.

Dismissed

The petitioner, Laxmi (Sunshine Builders), filed a writ petition challenging a DRAT order that directed it to deposit Rs. 125 crore as a pre‑deposit under Section 18(1) of the SARFAESI Act. The petitioner argued it was not a borrower or mortgagor and therefore not liable to deposit. The respondents …

DR. RAGHUNANDAN B NIKAMversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR THE SECRETARY AND ORS

Disposed Off

Dr. Raghunandan B. Nikam retired on 31 December 2017 at age 60 and petitioned the Bombay High Court for a direction to the State of Maharashtra and Thane Municipal Corporation to pay his pension of Rs. 23,375 and gratuity of Rs. 7,00,000 based on his basic pay. He relied on a Division Bench decision …

UNNATI RAWATversusTHE PRINCIPAL MANAGEMENT INDIAN LAW SOCIETY LA COLLEGE AND

Disposed Off

Ms Unnati Rawat, a first‑year LLB student at ILS Law College, Pune, sought a court order to condone her 45% attendance for the 2025‑26 academic year on humanitarian grounds, as she was the primary caretaker for her father undergoing prostate‑cancer surgery. The college, governed by the Pune …