Navi Mumbai Hawkers and Workers Union and Anr. v. the State of Maharshtra Thr Principal Secretary and Ors.

Bombay HC12 Jan 2026WP/14376/2025

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What is this about?

Navi Mumbai Hawkers and Workers Union vs State of Maharashtra; Bombay High Court; Civil Writ Petition No.14376 of 2025; decided 12-01-2026; Ghuge & Mantri JJ.; Town Vending Committee (TVC) constitution; prior PIL No.98 of 2016 (judgment dated 01-11-2017); prior Petition No.13624 of 2018 (order dated 11-12-2019); repeated identical prayers; refusal to pass same orders again; remedy for disobedience of court directions; petition withdrawn; withdrawal no impediment to future disobedience proceedings; disposed as withdrawn.

What did the court decide?

Petition disposed of as withdrawn, with liberty that the withdrawal would not impede any future proceedings for disobedience of the Court's directions. ¶¶20

Navi Mumbai Hawkers and Workers Union and Anr. vs the State of Maharshtra Thr Principal Secretary and Ors. — Bombay HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

Petition disposed of as withdrawn, with liberty that the withdrawal would not impede any future proceedings for disobedience of the Court's directions.

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Issue for consideration

Constitution of the Town Vending Committee (TVC) — the same prayer repeatedly pressed by the Petitioners in earlier proceedings before this Court.

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Court's answer

This Court cannot repeatedly keep on passing the same orders as were repeatedly passed earlier.

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Ratio / Principle

Where the Corporation violates orders or directions of this Court which are recurring in nature, the Petitioners have a remedy of initiating appropriate proceedings for disobedience of those orders/directions.

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Key takeaways

On the Petitioners' counsel's statement that they wish to withdraw and initiate appropriate proceedings for disobedience of the Court's directions, the Petition is disposed of as withdrawn, and the withdrawal would not be an impediment to any such future proceedings.ratio¶¶20

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Bombay High Court (Civil Appellate Jurisdiction), Coram: Ravindra V. Ghuge & Abhay J. Mantri, JJ.; Civil Writ Petition No.14376 of 2025, decided 12 January 2026. The Petitioners (Navi Mumbai Hawkers and Workers Union & anr.), who had earlier obtained a judgment dated 1st November, 2017 in PIL No.98 of 2016 (with clubbed writ petitions) and an Order dated 11th December, 2019 in Petition No.13624 of 2018 recording the Corporation's statement that the Town Vending Committee (TVC) would be constituted, again prayed for constitution of the TVC. The Court held it cannot repeatedly keep on passing the same orders, and that where the Corporation violates recurring orders/directions, the Petitioners' remedy lies in initiating proceedings for disobedience of those directions. Following counsel's statement, the Petition was disposed of as withdrawn, with liberty that the withdrawal would not be an impediment to any future proceedings for disobedience of the Court's directions.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

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CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.14376 OF 2025

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Digitally signed by VINA VINA ARVIND ARVIND KHADPE KHADPE Date: 2026.01.16 11:56:17 +0530

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Navi Mumbai Hawkers and Workers Union & anr. ….Petitioners

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Versus

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The State of Maharashtra & ors. ….Respondents

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Mr. Avinash Belge for the Petitioner.

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Mr. Tejas Dande for Respondent Nos.2 to 6.

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CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE & ABHAY J. MANTRI, JJ. DATE : 12^th JANUARY, 2026

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P.C. :-

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This matter was heard for some time. The Petitioners virtually desire, this Court should continue to pass the same orders as were repeatedly passed earlier by this Court.

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The first Judgment of this Court was delivered on 1^st November, 2017 in PIL No.98 of 2016 with clubbed Writ Petitions. Thereafter, the Petitioners filed one more Petition bearing No.13624 of 2018. Again this Court delivered an Order dated 11^th December, 2019, recording the statement of the Corporation in the light of the directions set out in the Judgment dated 1^st November, 2017 that the Town Vending Committee (TVC) will be constituted. The

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Petitioners have once again preferred this Petition and put forth the same prayer that the TVC be constituted. This Court cannot repeatedly keep on passing the same orders. If the Corporation is violating the orders or directions of this Court which are recurring in nature, the Petitioners have a remedy for expressing their grievance on account of the disobedience of our orders / directions.

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The learned Advocate for the Petitioners submits that the Petitioners desire to withdraw this Petition and initiate an appropriate proceedings for disobedience of the directions of this Court.

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In view of the above statement, this Petition is

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disposed off as withdrawn, and if any proceedings are initiated, the withdrawal of this Petition would not be an impediment.

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(ABHAY J. MANTRI, J.) (RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, J.)

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