Suresh Chandraprakash Jadhav v. Anil Gairola
Case brief
What is this about?
Procedural order of the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench, dated 7 November 2025, deciding Civil Application Nos. 6720, 6722, 6724, 6725 and 6726 of 2025 arising in Contempt Petitions CP/508, CP/512, CP/509, CP/492 and CP/510 of 2024. The Court permitted deletion of formal parties (respondent nos. 1, 4, 5, 6 and 7) at the applicant's risk, allowed amendment and substitution of the name of respondent no.2, fixed notice to respondent no.2 returnable on 5 December 2025, and directed that the matters be heard along with Contempt Petition No.568/2017 and other group matters. Bench: Nitin B. Suryawanshi and Vaishali Patil-Jadhav, JJ. Counsel: Yogesh Murlidhar Patil for all applicants; AGPs N.B. Kamble, V.S. Chaudhari, N.D. Batule, A.V. Lavte and A.R. Kale for the Respondent/State.
What did the court decide?
Interim procedural directions: permission to delete formal parties (respondent nos. 1, 4, 5, 6 and 7) at the applicant's risk; leave to amend and substitute the name of respondent no.2; notice to respondent no.2 returnable on 5th December, 2025; matters to be heard along with Contempt Petition No.568/2017 and other group of matters.