Smt. Rekha Wd/O Atmaram Digure v. the State of Maharashtra, Thr. Principal Secretary, the Revenue and Forest Dept. Mumbai
Case brief
What is this about?
Neutral citation 2025:BHC-NAG:15020-DB; WP 6645/2023, Nagpur Bench, decided 24 December 2025. Widow (Smt. Rekha wd/o Atmaram Digure) sought a decision on her pending 02/06/2020 compensation application (husband killed in wild boar attack) addressed to respondent no. 2; State of Maharashtra through Principal Secretary, Revenue and Forest Department was respondent. Court issued a time-bound direction (ten weeks) to decide the application and disposed of the writ petition. Relevant searches: wildlife attack compensation, human-wildlife conflict claims, Revenue and Forest Department Maharashtra, direction to decide pending representation, writ petition disposed.
What did the court decide?
Direction to respondent no. 2 to decide the petitioner's application dated 02/06/2020 (compensation for husband's death in wild boar attack) in accordance with law within ten weeks from receipt of the order; petition disposed of.