Sunil Jaypal Pharate v. the State of Maharashtra Thr. Principal Secretary Dept. of Co. Op. Marketing and Textiles and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Sunil Jaypal Pharate v. State of Maharashtra; Writ Petition 2154 of 2026; Bombay High Court Kolhapur bench; Milind N. Jadhav and Nandesh S. Deshpande JJ.; Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act 1960 Section 73(CA)(1)(i); Rule 58; Revised Model Bye-laws Section 41(8); disqualification of Directors of co-operative society; representations pending before authority; reasonable time to decide representations; premature writ petition filed one day after representation; petition dismissed as prima facie misconceived; contentions kept open; decided 16 June 2026.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief granted; the writ petition was disposed of as dismissed, with all contentions of the petitioner expressly kept open and the pending representations left to be decided by the authority concerned in accordance with law. ¶18