Janardan Bhikaji Gawade v. Dr. Nitin Karir, State of Maharashtra, Thr. Add. Chief Secretary, Revenue and Forest Dept. and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench; Contempt Petition No.200 of 2023 in Writ Petition No.7342 of 2018 [D]; Pravin S. Patil, J.; decided 11.12.2025. Contempt petition alleging wilful non-compliance of the High Court's judgment dated 2.5.2022, which had quashed cancellation of registration of a cooperative society under Section 21 of the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act with liberty to de-register; after the Assistant Registrar's fresh de-registration order dated 21.2.2023, the petitioner (society's President) still filed contempt alleging denial of forest-coup extraction work. Held: no disobedience of the 2.5.2022 order; petition an abuse of process; dismissed. Keywords: contempt petition, Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act Section 21, de-registration of society, forest coup, abuse of process, Nagpur Bench.
What did the court decide?
There is no disobedience of the order of this Court dated 2.5.2022.