Prashant Ashok Ekkaldevi v. the State of Maharashtra Thru. Secretary and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay HC Kolhapur Bench; WP 11487/2025; Prashant Ashok Ekkaldevi v. State of Maharashtra; order dated 09-12-2025; Karnik & Kadethankar, JJ.; interim stay of order dated 29-03-2023; Section 21-A Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act 1960; no hearing to 18 members of Respondent No. 3-Society; impleadment of Complainant as Respondent No. 4; notice returnable 28-01-2026; hearing finally at admission stage; advocates: Ramdas Sabban (Petitioner), S. N. Deshmukh AGP (State), Shrikant Kompelli (Resp. No. 3).
What did the court decide?
Interim relief at the admission stage: (i) impugned order dated 29th March, 2023 stayed till the next date; (ii) leave to amend to implead the Complainant as Respondent No. 4, amendment to be carried out forthwith; (iii) notice to the newly added Respondent No. 4, returnable on 28th January, 2026. No final decision on merits was rendered; the Court expressed intent to hear the Petition finally at the admission stage.