Dilip Dashrat Sonwane and Anr. v. the State of Maharashtra and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench; Contempt Petition 252/2015 in WP 8716/2012; neutral citation 2025:BHC-AUG:36195-DB; decided 18-12-2025; land acquisition compensation; deposit of Rs.14,07,259/- by Executive Engineer with Special Land Acquisition Officer on 17/12/2025; interest upto 16/12/2024 included; undertaking to pay interest for 17/12/2024-17/12/2025 within four weeks; non-payment to be treated as aggravated contempt; petitioners Dilip Dashrat Sonwane and another; State of Maharashtra; advocates S.L. Bhapkar, V.S. Chaudhari (AGP), B.R. Survase; contempt disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Contempt petition disposed of upon recording, as an undertaking to the Court, the acquiring body's commitment to disburse interest for 17/12/2024 to 17/12/2025 to the petitioner within four weeks; failure to pay within that period to be treated as aggravated contempt.