Madhukar Bhagwan Patekar v. the State of Maharashtra and Others
Public interest litigation – dismissal for want of bona fides
Case brief
What is this about?
Madhukar Bhagwan Patekar v. The State of Maharashtra and Others, PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO.14 OF 2021, High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad, decided 02.12.2025 (coram Smt. Vibha Kankanwadi & Hiten S. Venegavkar, JJ.). PIL dismissed because petitioner failed to deposit Rs.2,00,000/- as directed on 27.01.2021 and showed inability, indicating absence of bona fides consistent with Rule 7 of the Bombay High Court Public Interest Litigation Rules, 2010. Counsel: Mr. Hanumant P. Jadhav for petitioner; Mr. V. M. Kagne, AGP for Respondents/State.
What did the court decide?
Since the petitioner failed to comply with the Court's direction to deposit Rs.2,00,000/- and thereafter showed his inability to do so, he was not showing bona fides, which is in tune with Rule 7 of the Bombay High Court Public Interest Litigation Rules, 2010; consequently, the Public Interest Litigation was dismissed.