Radha Shankar Gavli and Ors. vs State of Maharashtra Thru G P and Ors. — Bombay HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Radha Shankar Gavli and Ors. vs State of Maharashtra Thru G P and Ors. — Bombay HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Interim procedural directions only; petitions kept pending. Leave to delete the Chief Secretary and to correct the description of Respondent No.2 forthwith; leave to add the Petitioners' employers as Respondents with postal and email addresses within 10 working days; the Addl. GP's case-law compilation (64 pages) taken on record; notice to all Respondents returnable on 6th May, 2026, with the Addl. GP/AGPs waiving service for Respondent Nos.1 to 4; Petitioners at liberty to serve unserved Respondents by all permissible modes; affidavit in reply by 27th April, 2026; office objections to be removed by 22nd April 2026, failing which the Registry to dismiss the Petitions without reference to the Court on 23rd April, 2026.

Ratio / Principle

In all these Petitions, leave granted to delete the Chief Secretary.

Key takeaways

Leave granted to correct the description of Respondent No.2 in all these Petitions; the correction to be carried out forthwith.ratio¶29
In all these Petitions, leave granted to add the employers of the Petitioners as Respondents, with proper postal addresses and preferably email addresses; the addition to be carried out within 10 working days.ratio¶30
The compilation of case law along with an index (64 pages) tendered by the learned Addl. GP is taken on record.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Interim procedural order of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay (Coram: Ravindra V. Ghuge & Abhay J. Mantri, JJ.) dated 27 March 2026 in four connected writ petitions against the State of Maharashtra: (i) WP 609/2024 — Bapu Vikram Markand v. State of Maharashtra; (ii) WP 9041/2025 — Sunita Sudam Hire v. State of Maharashtra; (iii) WP 13694/2025 — Varsha Krushna Bhadane v. State of Maharashtra; (iv) WP 1974/2026 — Radha Shankar Gavli v. State of Maharashtra. Directions: leave to delete the Chief Secretary and to correct the description of Respondent No.2 forthwith; leave to add the Petitioners' employers as Respondents with proper postal and preferably email addresses within 10 working days; the Addl. GP's 64-page case-law compilation taken on record; notice to all Respondents returnable on 6th May, 2026, the Addl. GP/AGPs waiving service for Respondent Nos.1 to 4; Petitioners at liberty to serve unserved Respondents by all permissible modes; affidavit in reply by 27th April, 2026; office objections to be removed by 22nd April 2026, failing which the Registry to dismiss the Petitions without reference to the Court on 23rd April, 2026. No substantive issue framed or decided; purely a listing/procedural order.

Digitally signed by GAURI GAURI AMIT GAEKWAD AMIT Date: GAEKWAD 2026.03.30 10:39:41 +0530

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

(910) WRIT PETITION NO.609 OF 2024

Bapu Vikram Markand and Ors. ….Petitioners

Versus

State of Maharashtra and Ors. ….Respondents

WITH

(911) WRIT PETITION NO.9041 OF 2025

Sunita Sudam Hire and Ors. ….Petitioners

Versus

State of Maharashtra and Ors. ….Respondents WITH (912) WRIT PETITION NO.13694 OF 2025

Varsha Krushna Bhadane and Ors. ….Petitioners

Versus

State of Maharashtra and Ors. ….Respondents WITH (913) WRIT PETITION NO.1974 OF 2026

Radha Shankar Gavli and Ors. ….Petitioners

Versus

State of Maharashtra and Ors. ….Respondents ----

Mr. Sugandh B. Deshmukh a/w. Mr. Rajaram B. Deshmukh, Mr. Bhushan G. Deshmukh, Mr. Aryan M. Deshmukh, Ms. Ankita Salvi, Mr. Aniket Kanawade, Mr. Vaibhav Thorave, Ms. Karishma Shinde, Mr. Irvin D’Souza and Mr. Vikrant Desai for the Petitioners in all Petitions.

Ms. Pooja Joshi Deshpande, AGP for Respondent Nos.1 to 4 in WP/609/2024.

Mrs. M.P. Thakur, AGP for Respondent Nos.1 to 4 in WP/9041/2025.

Mr. B.V. Samant, Addl. GP a/w. Ms. Pooja Joshi Deshpande, AGP for Respondent Nos.1 to 4 in WP/13694/2025.

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Ms. P.N. Diwan, AGP for Respondent Nos.1 to 4 in WP/1974/2026. ---CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE & ABHAY J. MANTRI, JJ.

DATE : 27^th MARCH, 2026

P.C. :-

In all these Petitions, leave to delete the Chief Secretary

and correct the description of Respondent No.2. Correction be carried out forthwith.

In all these Petitions, leave to add the employers of these Petitioners as Respondents, along with proper postal addresses and, preferably, email addresses. Addition be carried out within 10 working days.

The learned Addl. GP has tendered a compilation of

case law along with an index (64 pages). The same is taken on record.

Issue notice to all the Respondents , returnable on

6^th May, 2026. The learned Addl. GP and AGPs waive service of

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notice on behalf of Respondent Nos.1 to 4, in their respective Petitions.

Along with the Court’s service, the Petitioners are at liberty to serve the unserved Respondents by all permissible modes of service.

Let the affidavit in reply be filed on or before 27^th April,

Office objections, if any, to be removed, on or before

22^nd April 2026, failing which, the Registry shall dismiss these Petitions without reference to the Court, on 23^rd April, 2026.

(ABHAY J. MANTRI, J.)

(RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, J.)

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