Reshma Mohsin Malang v. the State of Maharsahtra Thr Principal Secretary Tourism and Cultural and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Batch of 18 writ petitions (W.P. Nos. 18132/2024 batch and 1716, 1717, 4804 of 2025), State of Maharashtra as respondent, Bombay High Court, division bench of G. S. Kulkarni and Advait M. Sethna, JJ., decided 8 April 2025. Petitions withdrawn with liberty to file fresh petitions challenging final order passed by respondent No.3 during pendency; all contentions kept open; no opinion on merits; interim direction of no coercive action against petitioners' structures for fifteen days; disposed of with no costs. Keywords: withdrawal of writ petition; liberty to challenge final order; respondent No.3; no coercive action; structures; praecipe; contentions kept open.
What did the court decide?
Petitions allowed to be withdrawn with liberty to file fresh petitions challenging the final orders passed by respondent No.3; all contentions expressly kept open; direction that no coercive action be taken against the petitioners' structures for fifteen days; no costs.