Bhagwan Santosh Khandekar v. Ranjit Singh Deol
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench), order dated 26-02-2025, Coram R.G. Avachat & Neeraj P. Dhote, JJ. Batch of contempt petitions for non-compliance of order dated 01-07-2022; lead matter Cont. Petition No. 763/2023 in CP/631/2018 in WP/5664/2016 (Shahejed Ahmed v. Union of India & Ors.) with 28 connected matters (incl. CP 21, 22, 23/2024; CA 4008/2023; CP 255, 267/2024; CP 198, 199, 223/2023; CP 451-454/2024; CP 596, 599, 600, 603, 624, 625/2022; CP 912, 913, 916, 917, 938-941/2023; CP 235/2024). Last chance granted to file affidavit of concerned officer; Director of Education to remain present in default; adjourned to 02-04-2025. Advocates: M. N. Shaikh, Sabahat T. Kazi, Shrikant B. Madde, Vinod Prakash Patil, Rahul Pawar, Hamzakhan I. Pathan, H. I. Pathan; AGPs S. D. Ghayal, S. J. Salgare, K. N. Lokhande.
What did the court decide?
Interim: last chance granted to the answering Respondents to file the Affidavit of the concerned officer; if the Affidavit-in-reply is not filed before the next date, the Director of Education is to remain present before the Court; matters stood over to 2nd April 2025