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Manisha Purushottam Naiknavare, as legal heir, filed Interim Application No. 5790 of 2026 seeking amendment of the Court's order dated 10 May 2024. The Court examined the application and, finding merit, allowed it, directing that the amendment be effected within two weeks from the date of the order. …
Satish Ramchandra Sangar filed a contempt petition against the Municipal Commissioner and the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation alleging non‑compliance with a prior order. The court observed that the order had been substantially complied with, but noted a dispute regarding the amount of gratuity …
Anuradha Deshmukh, who served as a lecturer and later professor at Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University from 1990 until her retirement on 31 July 2014, filed a writ petition seeking (i) encashment of her unutilised earned leave and (ii) refund of Rs 4,05,222 that the University had …
In Writ Petition No.8917 of 2016, the petitioners Vikas Mahadeo Thite and others sought correction of the High Court order dated 6 August 2026 concerning the correct naming of their advocates. The Court noted errors in the appearance clause and paragraphs 7 and 8 where advocate names were …
Mahendra Jagganath Tare filed a writ petition (No. 3324 of 2024) against the Vice President of MHADA and other respondents seeking relief. An interim application was filed seeking a specific relief under prayer clause (a). The High Court examined whether the interim relief should be granted and …
Mahendra Jagganath Tare filed a writ petition (No. 3324 of 2024) against the Vice President of MHADA and other respondents seeking relief. An interim application was filed seeking a specific relief under prayer clause (a). The High Court examined whether the interim relief should be granted and …
Sunilkumar Rameshwar Gathe filed a writ petition seeking a validity certificate confirming his belonging to the ‘Thakur’ Scheduled Tribe. The petitioner relied on a previously validated caste certificate issued to his son, Suyash Sunil Gathe, and submitted a genealogy verified by the Vigilance Cell …
The petitioner, a student claiming membership in the Thakur Scheduled Tribe, challenged the Scrutiny Committee's invalidation of her caste claim. She submitted an affidavit showing that her siblings had been validated as Thakur tribe members by the Committee following a prior court order. The Court …
The petitioner, a former primary teacher who retired in July 2022, filed an interim application seeking payment of her suspension allowance and other pending wages after being suspended in February 2015 without a disciplinary inquiry. The High Court had earlier, on 2 August 2016, directed the school …
The petitioner, a retired assistant teacher, sought pension benefits but faced objections that he was overage at appointment and lacked requisite qualifications. The State Government order dated 09.05.2019 granted age relaxation, removing the overage objection. A prior judgment of this Court in Writ …
The applicant, Ajay Atmaram Jadhav, was convicted of murder under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2016. He has been in custody for more than twelve years, having previously been released on COVID bail and a furlough without any adverse conduct. The State …
The High Court of Bombay heard Contempt Petition No.272 of 2026 filed by Ashtavinayak SRA CHS Limited against the Tahsildar-1 and the Slum Rehabilitation Authority. The petition sought correction of a clerical error in the earlier order dated 27 July 2026, where the term "11 occupants" was …
The petitioners, Madhuben Chimanlal Tank and others, filed a civil writ petition seeking a writ of mandamus directing the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) and the competent authority under the Slum Act to promptly consider, hear, and decide their complaint/representation. The petitioners argued …
Satish Ramchandra Sangar filed an interim application seeking a recall of the Court’s earlier order directing the Sub‑Divisional Officer (SDO) of Panvel to enforce an order dated 11 April 2023 issued by the Additional Commissioner, Konkan Division. The applicant also urged that the SDO consider the …
The petitioner, Hansraj Bhairaji Solanki, filed a writ petition seeking a stay of execution of a notice in a pending appeal. The respondents, including the State of Maharashtra and others, contested the execution and requested that the notice not be executed until a specified date. The Court …
Shivaji Shankar Baikar filed a writ petition challenging the Scrutiny Committee's rejection of his claim that he belongs to the Mahadeo Koli Scheduled Tribe. The court examined the precedent set in Kumari Madhuri Patil v. State of Maharashtra, which requires giving due weight to pre‑constitutional …
Mrs. Tavinder Kaur Chowdhary filed a writ petition (No. 2904 of 2018) before the High Court of Bombay challenging the actions of The National Insurance Co. Ltd. and others. The petition was presented by Mr. Nilesh Desai on behalf of the petitioner, while the respondents were represented by Mr. …
Daulat Pandurang Kadalag was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Khed‑Rajgurunagar, of murder under Section 302 IPC and sentenced to life imprisonment and a fine. He has been in custody since March 2012, amounting to more than fourteen years, and his appeal has not been heard for over ten …
In an interim application filed in Writ Petition No. 3307 of 2024, the petitioner sought relief concerning the procedural posture of the case. The High Court examined the petitioner's request to amend the pleadings before admission of the main petition. The court held that, being a pre‑admission …
The petitioner filed a public‑interest litigation claiming ownership of a property and alleging that construction by Respondent No.6 was contrary to national interest because it proceeded without defence authority permission. An earlier suit filed in 2022 sought an interim injunction, which the …
The petitioners, Kamlakar Shankar Pawar & Anr., challenged a notice dated 2 April 2019 issued by the Malegaon Municipal Corporation alleging unauthorized structures. The corporation was directed to act on the notice and take appropriate enforcement action within eight weeks, provided there were no …
The petitioners, Kamlakar Shankar Pawar & Anr., challenged a notice dated 2 April 2019 issued by the Malegaon Municipal Corporation alleging unauthorized structures. The corporation was directed to act on the notice and take appropriate enforcement action within eight weeks, provided there were no …
Narayan Yajindar Bhosale was convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code for murdering his daughter by pouring kerosene on her and setting her ablaze, allegedly over a dowry dispute following her inter‑caste marriage. After serving more than twelve years in custody, he filed an interim bail …
The petitioners, Haqiqullah Raunak Ali Khan and others, filed a writ petition against the State of Maharashtra, the MMRDA and other respondents seeking interim relief concerning certain structures they occupied. The parties agreed that the petitioners would produce relevant documents before …
The New Lotus Co-operative Housing Society Ltd. filed writ petitions challenging certain actions of the State of Maharashtra. In the court's order dated 23/04/2026, two clerical errors were identified: the abbreviation ‘PMC’ was mistakenly typed as ‘BMC’, and the filing date of Writ Petition No. …
Satish Ramchandra Sangar filed a writ petition (No.12762 of 2025) before the High Court of Bombay seeking leave to withdraw the petition. The petitioner submitted a praecipe requesting the court's permission to withdraw on written instructions. The respondents, the State of Maharashtra and others, …
The petitioners filed a contempt petition alleging that a decision dated 17 June 2022, which disposed of their representation made on 27 April 2017, was never communicated to them. They contended that the decision was not rendered within the time prescribed by the Court's order of 3 December 2021. …
The petitioner, Tukaram Kisan Thite, filed a writ petition challenging the delay in hearing a revision application and a stay application filed before the Revenue Minister after an order of the Additional Commissioner, Pune. The petitioner alleged that neither the stay application had been decided …
The High Court of Bombay had earlier ordered, on 26 February 2025, that the State of Maharashtra decide within six weeks on the petitioner’s request to change the classification of a watan land from class‑II to class‑I and communicate the decision. The State failed to comply within the stipulated …
The petitioners, Mangal Namdev Mokashi and others, filed a writ petition against the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) and related respondents seeking a direction to initiate action under Section 18 of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966, and to demolish a …
The petitioner filed a representation on 9 January 2026 alleging unauthorized construction, seeking judicial intervention. The Thane Municipal Corporation contended that it had previously issued notices under Sections 52 and 53 of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966, but no further …
The petition, filed by Shri Rajesh T. Dubey as attorney for Shri Mukteshwar Sahakari Society Ltd., challenges two orders: one dated 14 March 2024 by the Collector revoking a grant to Respondent No.4, and another dated 11 October 2024 creating rights over 164 acres in favour of Respondent No.5. The …
The petitioners, including Mrs. Mangal Prabhakar Jadhav, sought the transfer of a tribal Inam land (gat no. 80) in Nashik district, for which the Additional Collector, Malegaon, had forwarded a proposal to the Divisional Commissioner on 13‑Nov‑2025. The petitioners alleged inaction and delay by the …
The petitioners, M/s. Riddhi Siddhi Company, filed a writ petition seeking direction on a pending revision application. The respondents, represented by the Attorney General of the State, contended that the revision should be decided within six months of the order's communication. The Court, after …
The petitioners filed a writ petition and a civil application against the State of Maharashtra and others. The petitioners later instructed the court, via email, to withdraw the petition. The court, on receipt of the instruction, allowed the withdrawal. Consequently, both the writ petition and the …
The petitioners filed writ petitions (Nos. 9442/2023 and 10978/2023) challenging decisions related to the Nashik Municipal Smart City Scheme. The respondents, including the State of Maharashtra and the Nashik Municipal Corporation, argued that the scheme had been cancelled by a General Body …
The petitioner sought the High Court’s intervention to compel the Collector of Pune to decide a representation filed on 29 September 2025 concerning the regularisation of a land transaction originally executed by his grandfather in 1957. The land, originally an Inam under the Maharashtra Inferior …
The petitioner, a retired police sub‑inspector, claimed belonging to the Thakar Scheduled Tribe and had been appointed on the basis of that claim. The Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee rejected his claim in 2010, citing inconsistent documents, failure to satisfy the affinity test, and …
Several writ petitions (Nos. 3074/2013, 2671/2013, 7727/2013) were filed against the State of Maharashtra and others. The Government Pleader issued a notice on 29 November 2022 requiring the petitioners to file a praecipe in advance if the petitions had not become infructuous. The petitioners failed …
The petitioner, Pandurang Gangadhar Torkad, filed Contempt Petition No. 413 of 2023 alleging breach of an order dated 5 July 2022 issued in Writ Petition No. 3665 of 2016. The respondents, represented by the Attorney General of the State of Maharashtra, contended that the order had been fully …
The petitioners, co‑sharers of a family property, challenged an order of the Senior Citizens Tribunal that directed the petitioner to vacate his share and hand over peaceful possession to his 76‑year‑old mother. The mother had earlier filed a writ petition seeking enforcement of that order, which …
The petitioners filed Writ Petition No.8783 of 2007 challenging actions of the State of Maharashtra. An order dated 29 May 2017 had been passed by the High Court, which the petitioners sought to set aside. The petitioners filed an interim application (No.10794 of 2024) seeking condonation of delay …
In Writ Petition No. 8453 of 2022, the petitioners Arun Ambaji Salekar & others sought a correction in the judgment dated 17th February 2026. The petitioners filed a praecipe requesting that the appearance clause be amended to replace the names of the respondents' counsel. The respondents, the State …
The Court noted that an order dated 15 March 2023 directed Respondent No.3 (the Tahsildar, Shirur, Pune) to conduct and conclude an enquiry within six months of the petitioner's appearance before the Tahsildar on 31 March 2023. The order remained unimplemented, prompting a contempt petition. The …
The petitioners, who are peons employed at a private unaided school, filed several writ petitions under Article 226 seeking payment of salary and pay‑scale as prescribed under the Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools (Conditions of Service) Regulation Act, 1977. The Court noted that earlier …
The petitioners, who work as peons in a private unaided school, filed multiple writ petitions under Article 226 seeking payment of salary and pay‑scale under the Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools (Conditions of Service) Regulation Act, 1977. The Court noted that earlier proceedings had …
The petitioners, who work as peons in a private unaided school, filed multiple writ petitions under Article 226 seeking payment of salary and pay‑scale under the Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools (Conditions of Service) Regulation Act, 1977. Earlier proceedings had resulted in a court‑ordered …
The petitioners, who work as peons in a private unaided school, filed multiple writ petitions under Article 226 seeking payment of salary and pay‑scale under the Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools (Conditions of Service) Regulation Act, 1977. Earlier proceedings had resulted in a court‑ordered …
The petitioner, Eshekumar Tarachand Ghusar, a police officer, filed Petition No. 165 of 2024 before the Bombay High Court challenging a suspension order dated 5 March 2024 issued by the Special Inspector General of Police. The petition alleges that the suspension was unauthorized, marked “A” for …
The petitioner, Smt. Manisha Rajwade, challenged the Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee's order invalidating her Thakur tribe certificate. She relied on pre‑constitutional school records of her father and grandfather and on valid certificates issued to her brother and sister. The Court …
The petitioner, Bhupendra Jagannath Patil, challenged the order of the Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee that invalidated his claim to belong to the Koli Malhar Scheduled Tribe on the ground of an inconsistent school record showing ‘Koli Mahadeo’. The Court examined pre‑constitutional …
The petitioner, a Project Affected Person (PAP), filed a writ petition challenging a Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal order that dismissed her application for a Group C (Class III) appointment under the 5% PAP reservation. She argued that PAP candidates should be treated as a distinct category …
The petitioners sought to bring the legal heirs of the deceased petitioner onto the record in a contempt petition. The application was filed after a delay of one year, seven months and seven days. The Court examined whether such delay warranted condonation. It held that the reasons provided …
The petitioner, Sandeep Holkar, challenged the rejection of his claim to belong to the Koli Mahadev Scheduled Tribe, arguing that his close blood relative, Dattatray Arjun Holkar, had been issued a valid caste certificate in 2003 and his cousin in 2009. The Scrutiny Committee had denied his claim, …
The petitioner, a Chief Executive Officer of Talegaon Dabhade Municipal Council, was suspended on 8 July 2024 pending a departmental enquiry for alleged rash and negligent driving while intoxicated. He was later acquitted of the criminal charge on 7 April 2025, but the disciplinary enquiry …
The petitioner, employed as a security guard, claimed Thakar Scheduled Tribe status based on school certificates showing his ancestors as Thakar, seeking a reservation post. The Caste Scrutiny Committee, after a vigilance enquiry and hearing, found that the petitioner did not satisfy the affinity …
The petitioners, two brothers employed as assistant teachers in Kolhapur, challenged the Scrutiny Committee's order that invalidated their claim of belonging to the Tokre Koli Scheduled Tribe. They argued that the Committee improperly relied on alleged overwriting and interpolation in five …
The applicant filed a criminal revision application (No. 194 of 2017) in the Bombay High Court, which had remained pending since 2017. On 17 January 2026, the applicant, through counsel Aniket Nikam, sought to withdraw the revision while expressly keeping all of his contentions open for …
Namrata Zakaria filed an application under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act against her husband and two in‑laws. The magistrate had earlier dropped the proceedings against the in‑laws, reasoning that the couple were living separately. The dismissal was upheld by the …
The applicant, S. Srikanth, sought revision of his conviction under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, which had resulted in one month imprisonment and a compensation order of Rs. 3,58,500, affirmed by the appellate court. The revision petition had been pending for over nine years, and …
The applicant, Rasik Upendra Pitale, sought to challenge the Sessions Judge’s order quashing the issuance of process in a defamation case under Section 500 of the IPC. The complaint alleged that the accused, Mahadev Wadatkar et al., had made defamatory statements in police statements, which the …
The applicant, Pramod N. Rasal, filed a criminal revision seeking discharge from the trial after an order refused to discharge him. While the revision was pending, the Special Court under the SEBI Act acquitted him on 29 January 2024, a judgment that was placed on record. The court noted that the …
The applicant filed a criminal revision challenging the Sessions Court's order refusing to discharge him in a case involving offences under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Corruption Act. The revision raised grounds of lack of material to frame charges and the absence …
The applicant filed a criminal revision seeking discharge after a lower court had refused it. While the revision was pending, the applicant (Accused No.3) was acquitted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Palghar, in Sessions Case No.40 of 2010 on 28 October 2021 for offences under Section 313 read …
The State of Maharashtra filed a criminal revision against M/s Rakesh Trading challenging an order of the Additional Sessions Judge dated 14 May 2015 which set aside a Rationing Officer’s directions under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 concerning palmolein oil stock. The original order had …
The applicants, a company and its directors, were accused by a club member of breaching service promises, leading the complainant to file a criminal complaint alleging offences under Sections 406, 420, 120(B) and 34 of the Indian Penal Code. The Metropolitan Magistrate initially dismissed the …
The petitioner, Umesh Budhaji Thakar, challenged the Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee’s order of 23‑03‑2015 that invalidated his Thakar Scheduled Tribe certificate, which had been issued in 2002 and enabled his appointment to a reserved post. The petitioner argued that the Committee …
Umesh Budhaji Thakar filed a review petition (Review Petition No.9 of 2019) challenging the order dated 9 October 2018 passed in Writ Petition No.6610 of 2015 against the State of Maharashtra. The petition sought a re‑examination of the earlier order on the ground that it contained an error …
The petitioner, Sangita Bhikaji Masage, challenged the rejection of her claim to belong to the Thakar Scheduled Tribe by the Caste Scrutiny Committee. The High Court had dismissed her writ petition, but the Supreme Court partially allowed her appeal, setting aside the High Court's order and …
The petitioner Satish Sangar challenged the cancellation of his Scheduled Tribe (Thakur) caste certificate by the Caste Scrutiny Committee, arguing that the committee improperly required an "affinity test". The Supreme Court had earlier set aside the High Court’s order and remanded the matter for …
The petitioner, Kaustubh Pramod Phulkar, filed a writ petition seeking correction of typographical and factual errors in a prior order dated 13 January 2026. The petitioner requested specific amendments: changing a date from 10.10.2008 to 02.12.2000, correcting a year from 2022 to 2019, and …
The Bombay High Court, in a writ petition (No. 190 of 2020) filed by Ganesh Ambadas Fulkar, issued a brief order directing clerical corrections to its earlier order dated 13 January 2026. The corrections involve inserting the phrase “Not on board” after a specific mention, substituting the word …
The petitioner, Sandesh Nanaji Gangurde, challenged the High Court's order that invalidated his claim to belong to the Koli Mahadev Scheduled Tribe. He argued that his father and blood brother already hold valid caste validity certificates, and the Scrutiny Committee had not raised any fraud or …
The petitioners sought validation of their claim that they belong to the Koli Mahadev Scheduled Tribe, which had been rejected by the Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee on the ground of alleged material suppression of facts. The petitioners relied on caste validity certificates issued to …
The Revati Niwas Co-operative Housing Society Ltd. filed a writ petition seeking a mandamus directing the Assistant Registrar, Co-operative Housing Society, Bhiwandi, to consider its application dated 13 September 2024 for rectifying a typographical error in Form ‘Z’. The petition argued that the …
The petitioners, Digambar Vishwanath Wade and others, challenged the rejection of their application under Section 98 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960. While the petition was pending, Respondent No.2 issued an order under Section 88 on 24 February 2025 and an appeal under Section …
The petition was filed by the legal heir of the deceased Dajiba Shripati Dhamdhere seeking relief against the State of Maharashtra and others. The petitioner’s counsel argued that the substantive appeal relating to the same matter had already been decided, rendering the writ petition infructuous. …
Pradeep Shrirang Jagtap filed a writ petition challenging certain actions of the State of Maharashtra. The petitioner raised specific objections on pages 17, 19 and 23 of a paper‑book. The State, represented by its Additional Government Pleader, opposed the petition. The Court directed the Tahsildar …
