Dr Bharat Bajarang Ballal v. the Vice Chancellor and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Kolhapur Circuit Bench; Writ Petition No. 12436 of 2025; decided 17 June 2026; Milind N. Jadhav & Nandesh S. Deshpande, JJ. Bharat Bajarang Ballal v. The Vice Chancellor, Shivaji University & Ors. Grievance against Grievance Committee order dated 07.02.2026; writ disposed without entering merits in view of equally efficacious remedy of appeal before the University Tribunal; all contentions kept open; limitation time waived; appeal to be filed within four weeks; tribunal to decide appeal uninfluenced by impugned order. No statutes or precedent cases cited.
What did the court decide?
Writ Petition disposed without opining on merits; Petitioner enabled to pursue statutory Appeal before the University Tribunal within four weeks with all contentions kept open; time spent prosecuting the Writ Petition waived for limitation; Tribunal directed to decide the Appeal on its own merits, uninfluenced by the impugned Grievance Committee order.