Dinesh Devidas Rao v. the State of Maharashtra through Principal Secretary Department of Revenue
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Contempt Petition No.335 of 2024, Dinesh Devidas Rao v. State of Maharashtra and Ors.; petition held misconceived and disposed of (not decided on merits); liberty to file appropriate proceedings before competent forum; contentions kept open; bonafide prosecution period to count sympathetically against delay; coram M.S. Karnik & S.M. Modak, JJ.; decided 23 January 2026; advocates: Anurag Kulkarni with Aniruddha Mandlik for petitioner; N.C. Walimbe (Addl.G.P.) with S.P. Kamble (AGP) for State.
What did the court decide?
Contempt Petition disposed of with all contentions kept open; liberty to pursue appropriate remedies before the competent forum, with the period spent prosecuting the Contempt Petition to be considered sympathetically towards any delay in approaching the appropriate forum. ¶21