Union of India through Ministry of Defence v. Ex Jwo Abhay Prasad Mahapatra
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court batch listing/order dated 26-11-2025: Union of India v. multiple respondents across 69 connected writ petitions led by W.P. No. 1994 of 2024 (Lt. Col. Sk. Rathodre deceased through widow Collen Rathore); Bench: Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam A. Ankhad; sole direction: matters posted to 02-12-2025 at 4:30 p.m.; no merits decided, no statutes or precedents cited. Petitioner-side counsel: Amarendra Mishra (also Senior Panel Counsel), Anusha Amin, Anamika Malhotra, Niranjan Shimpi, Sagar S. Ambedkar with Disha Nidre, and Kedar Dighe. Respondent-side counsel include Satendra Kumar with Akshay Patil, Yogendra Pratap Singh (with Vaishnavi Kushwah), Angsuman Ojha, Mahadevan Anand, Ranjeet Kumar Singh, H.S. Verma, Sagar Batavia and Dinesh Kumar Bishnoi; Dayashankar Pasi appears in person.
What did the court decide?
No relief on merits; purely procedural listing direction that the matters stand posted on 2nd December 2025 at 4:30 p.m.