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Feroz Shafi Khan and Another v. the Union of India and Others

Bombay HC14 Jul 2023CA/2080/2023

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Single judge held that no public cause was involved, declining to entertain the petition as a PIL. Disposed the PIL as withdrawn. Ordered portion of deposit donation to an orphanage; remainder refunded.

What did the court decide?

PIL disposed off as withdrawn; Rs. 50,000 transferred to orphanage; balance amount refunded to petitioners; pending civil applications disposed off.

Feroz Shafi Khan and Another Vs the Union of… — Public Procurement and Tenders | Bombay HC (2023)

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907-PIL-65-2021.odt

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD

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PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO.65 OF 2021

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WITH CA/2080/2023 IN PIL/65/2021 WITH CA/2081/2023 IN

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PIL/65/2021

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FEROZ SHAFI KHAN AND ANOTHER
VERSUS

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THE UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS

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Mr. S. S. Thombre, Advocate h/f Mr. Shaikh M. A. Jahagirdar,
Advocate for Petitioners

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Mr. S. G. Karlekar, AGP for Respondent Nos. 2 to 4 – State
Mr. V. D. Sapkal, Senior Advocate i/b Mr. S. R. Sapkal, Advocate
for Respondent No.5

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Mr. M. G. Naik, Advocate for Respondent No.7

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CORAM: RAVINDRA V. GHUGE AND
Y. G. KHOBRAGADE, JJ.

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DATE:14.07.2023

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PER COURT :-

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1.After extensively hearing the submissions of the
learned Advocate Shri Thombre on behalf of the Petitioners, the
learned Senior Advocate Shri Sapkal on behalf of Respondent
No.5 and the learned Advocates for the respective sides, we were

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not convinced that a public cause is involved in this petition. We,
therefore, expressed our disinclination to entertain this Petition as
a Public Interest Litigation.

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2.The learned Advocate for the Petitioners sought an
overnight pass-over and submits today that the Public Interest
Litigation would be withdrawn by the Petitioners and if advised,
would prefer a criminal writ petition.

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3.In view of the above statement, this Public Interest
Litigation is disposed off as withdrawn.

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4.The learned Advocate for the Petitioners graciously
submits that an amount of Rs.50,000/- out of Rs.3,00,000/- that were
deposited in this Court, be donated for a public cause for supporting
an institution like the orphanage home, namely “Shantivan”, Arvi, Tq.
Shirur Kasar, District Beed. “ Bhavani Vidyarthi Kalyan Pratishthan,
Arvi”, which takes care of orphans.

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5.Therefore, out of the amount of Rs.3,00,000/-, the
Registry shall transfer Rs. 50,000/- to State Bank of India, Branch
Shirur (Kasar), Account No.33446000963 IFSC No. SBIN0005995.

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6.The remainder amount of Rs.2,50,000/- along with
accrued interest, may be withdrawn by the Petitioners.

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7.Pending civil applications would not survive and stand
disposed off.

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8. Insofar as the desire of the Petitioners to prefer criminal

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writ petition, we leave it to the concerned Court to deal with the said
litigation, if filed.

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[ Y. G. KHOBRAGADE, J. ] [ RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, J. ]

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SMS

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