The Union of India v. Maj Gen Shahbaz Hasnain Retd
Case brief
What is this about?
Group of ten writ petitions, High Court of Judicature at Bombay, decided 11-11-2025 by Shree Chandrashekhar, CJ & Gautam A. Ankhad, J.: Union of India (Ministry of Defence) v. Brig NK Unni, Col. K.S. Bajwa, Mag Gen Shahbaz Hasnain, Lt. Col. Suman Vyas, Col Sanjiv Sethi, Col Rahul Ranjan, Colonel Hemant H. Rana, Colonel Apoorva Dixit, Ex Lt Col Mayur Ambastha, Lt Col (TS) Radhey Shyam Mishra (all Retd.). Petitions disposed of with liberty to respondents to approach the Court upon adverse decision, in view of MoD letter dated 14-10-2025 and merit implementation as per AG/PS4-(B) letter dated 09-06-2025; relates to 18 cases of AFT Mumbai, 11 of which merit implementation; PIFA (Q&M) financial-loss observations withheld processing till dismissal of writ petitions; remaining matters posted 12-11-2025, 4:00 P.M. No statute or precedent cited.
What did the court decide?
All ten writ petitions filed by Union of India (W.P. Nos. 1991, 1995, 954, 15894, 18058, 19046, 19048, 11081 of 2024/2025, W.P.(St) No. 11896 of 2025 and W.P. No. 10966 of 2025) disposed of, with liberty to the respondents to approach the Court in the event an adverse decision is taken against them; disposal premised on the Union's letter dated 14 October 2025 directing merit implementation per AG/PS4-(B) letter dated 9 June 2025; remaining matters posted to 12 November 2025 at 4:00 P.M.