Benadikar Education Society Thr. Secretary Bhagwan Pandurang Patil v. the State of Maharashtra Thr. Government Pleader and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Benadikar Education Society v. State of Maharashtra; Bombay High Court, Circuit Bench at Kolhapur; Writ Petition No. 12718 of 2025; order dated 18 December 2025 by M. S. Karnik and Ajit B. Kadethankar, JJ.; notice to respondents returnable 22 January 2026; service by all possible modes; AGP S. N. Deshmukh waiver for Respondent Nos. 1-3; affidavit-in-reply within two weeks; interim relief deferred to next date; averments to be treated uncontroverted if no reply filed; advocates Shubham Dhenge and Akash M. Murudkar for petitioner.
What did the court decide?
Notice issued to the Respondents, returnable on 22 January 2026, with service by all possible modes in addition to Court notice; learned AGP waives notice for Respondent Nos. 1, 2 and 3 and is to file an affidavit-in-reply within two weeks; question of grant of interim relief deferred to the next date, the Court clarifying that if no reply is filed it will consider interim relief on the basis that the averments made in the petition stand uncontroverted.