Baban Mahadu Darade v. the State of Maharashtra and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Delay and laches; unexplained delay of about 9 years in filing writ petition; challenge to Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal order dated 14.07.2017; appointment of respondent No. 4 as Police Patil in 2016; writ petition dismissed; Baban Mahadu Darade v. State of Maharashtra; Bombay High Court Aurangabad Bench; decided 16.04.2026.
What did the court decide?
The Court found there was absolutely no explanation for the delay of about nine years in filing the writ petition. ¶16