Rahul Dharmpal Lahane v. the State of Maharashtra through Its Principal Secretary and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench; Writ Petition Nos. 12447, 12448, 12449, 12450, 12454, 12504, 12456, 12455, 12457, 12811, 12897 of 2024; petitioners Survase, Lahane, Watane, Gawali, Bodhgire, Wahiwal, Bade versus State of Maharashtra; coram Mangesh S. Patil and Prafulla S. Khubalkar, JJ.; order dated 17.12.2024 marked PER COURT; await service seven weeks; leave to serve unserved respondents privately; continuation of interim/ad-interim relief conditioned on private service and filing of service affidavit. Purely interlocutory service-related order: no statutes, precedents, issues, quantum or final disposition.
What did the court decide?
Interim/ad-interim relief earlier granted, if any, ordered to continue till the next date; petitions kept pending awaiting service on respondents for seven weeks, with liberty to serve unserved respondents privately subject to filing of a service affidavit.