Bharti Shamsing Pardeshi v. the Union of India through Its Secretary
Case brief
What is this about?
Batch listing of contempt petitions before the Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court; petitioners are individuals appearing against the Union of India, the State of Maharashtra and named officials (including Ranjit Singh Deol and I.A. Kundan). Coram: Nitin B. Suryawanshi and Manjusha Deshpande, JJ. Order dated 21-04-2025 directs that the matters be listed 'Not before the bench of which Smt. Manjusha Deshpande, J. is a member.' Administrative bench-allocation order only: no merits adjudicated, no statutory provision or precedent cited; usable to trace the listing/bench-composition direction, not as substantive precedent.
What did the court decide?
Listing direction only: the batch of contempt petitions is to be taken up not before the bench of which Smt. Manjusha Deshpande, J. is a member; no merits adjudicated. ¶226