Sant Nirankari Mandal v. State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court; Contempt Petition No. 621 of 2024; Sant Nirankari Mandal v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.; breach of Court order dated 24 August 2020; revision application under Section 451 Maharashtra Municipal Corporation Act, 1949; status quo as to boundary wall vis-a-vis respondent nos. 8, 9 and 10; Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation (Respondent No.8); Minutes dated 24 November 2021; service of decision copy on petitioner within eight weeks; extension of time for decision by eight weeks; liberty to apply for revival of contempt petition; continuation of paragraph 7 status quo for eight weeks; contempt petition disposed of; decision dated 4 May 2026; Bench: M. S. Karnik and S. M. Modak, JJ.
What did the court decide?
Contempt petition disposed of with directions: (i) copy of the decision on the revision application to be served on the petitioner within eight weeks; (ii) time for decision on the revision extended by a further eight weeks if not yet heard; (iii) liberty to apply for revival of the contempt petition if the revision is not decided or the order thereon not communicated within eight weeks; and (iv) operation of paragraph No.7 (status quo as to the boundary wall) continued for eight weeks.