Abdul Rashid S/O Mehboob Sahab Shaikh through Gpa Mohammad Khuram S/O Mohammad Abdul Rashid Shaik v. Bharat Prabhakar Suryawanshi
Case brief
What is this about?
Aurangabad Bench, Bombay High Court; Contempt Petition No. 373 of 2025 in WP/10471/2023; petitioner Abdul Rashid Shaikh through GPA (advocates: Quadri Syed Raheel h/f S. S. Kazi); respondent Bharat Prabhakar Suryawanshi (S. R. Wakale, AGP for Respondent/State); coram Nitin B. Suryawanshi and Sandipkumar C. More, JJ.; decided 22-08-2025; leave to add respondent's successor's name; amendment within two weeks; notice to respondent returnable after four weeks; interlocutory procedural order, petition pending.
What did the court decide?
Interlocutory directions only: (i) leave to amend by adding the respondent's successor's name, amendment to be carried out within two weeks; (ii) notice to the respondent to issue after the amendment is carried out, returnable four weeks thereafter. The contempt petition remains pending at the pre-notice stage.