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Shahaji Ramdas Jagtap v. the State of Maharashtra and Ors.

Bombay HC30 Apr 2025CRPIL/14/2024

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What is this about?

Bombay High Court; Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction; PIL No. 14 of 2024; Shahaji Ramdas Jagtap v. State of Maharashtra; IA No. 3361 of 2024 amendment allowed; reverification dispensed with; amendment within one week; additional affidavit by APP Tanveer Khan; IA (ST) No. 23976 of 2024 Kishor Chhabria; coram Alok Aradhe CJ and Bharati Dangre J; order dated 24 January 2025; next date 7 February 2025; interlocutory order; no statutes or precedents discussed.

What did the court decide?

Amendment of the Public Interest Litigation permitted; petitioner to incorporate the amendment within one week with reverification dispensed with; copy of the amended PIL to be supplied to the learned APP, granted two weeks to seek instructions and file an additional affidavit; PIL listed on 7 February 2025. ¶1

Shahaji Ramdas Jagtap vs the State of Maharashtra and Ors. — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the amendment sought through Interim Application No. 3361 of 2024 should be permitted in the pending Public Interest Litigation.

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Court's answer

The interim application for amendment of the PIL is allowed, having regard to the nature of the proposed amendment and the reasons stated in the application supported by an affidavit.

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Ratio / Principle

Learned counsel for the petitioner is to incorporate the amendment within one week; reverification is dispensed with.

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Key takeaways

A copy of the amended PIL is to be supplied to the learned APP, who was granted two weeks' time to seek instructions and file an additional affidavit to the averments in the PIL.ratio¶3
The PIL is to be listed on 7 February 2025.ratio¶4

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Bombay High Court (Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction), by order dated 24 January 2025 (Alok Aradhe, CJ. and Bharati Dangre, J.), allowed Interim Application No. 3361 of 2024 in Public Interest Litigation No. 14 of 2024 (Shahaji Ramdas Jagtap v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors.), permitting amendment of the PIL in view of the nature of the proposed amendment and the reasons stated in the affidavit-supported application. The petitioner was directed to incorporate the amendment within one week, reverification being dispensed with. A copy of the amended PIL was to be supplied to the learned APP, who was granted two weeks to seek instructions and file an additional affidavit. The matter was listed on 7 February 2025. An Interim Application (ST) No. 23976 of 2024 by Kishor Chhabria was also pending in the PIL. No statute or precedent was cited and no substantive rights were adjudicated.

Shahaji Ramdas Jagtap v. the State of Maharashtra and Ors.

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