Melronia Hospitality Private Limited v. the State of Maharashtra (through the Office of the Govt. Pleader)

Bombay HC6 Jan 2026WP/4974/2025

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What is this about?

Court Receiver; licensed premises No.3102; physical possession; handover of possession to Petitioner; site report dated 11 December 2025; possession taken 10 December 2025 with police assistance; two car parking spaces; automatic discharge of Court Receiver; compliance with order dated 28 November 2025; Melronia Hospitality Private Limited; State of Maharashtra; Respondent No.7; writ petition disposed; no order as to costs; Interim Application No. 8016 of 2025; Bombay High Court.

What did the court decide?

Writ Petition disposed of upon confirmation of compliance: physical possession of licensed premises No.3102 (with two car parking spaces) taken by the Court Receiver's representative on 10 December 2025 and the Court Receiver automatically discharged; no order as to costs. ¶¶25

Melronia Hospitality Private Limited vs the State of Maharashtra (through the Office of the Govt. Pleader) — Bombay HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the directions contained in this Court's order dated 28 November 2025 — appointment of the Court Receiver over licensed premises No.3102 and handover of physical possession to the Petitioner — have been duly complied with, permitting disposal of the Writ Petition placed for compliance.

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Court's answer

The Court Receiver's site report dated 11 December 2025, showing that on 10 December 2025 his representative took physical possession of the licensed premises along with two car parking spaces with the necessary police assistance, was accepted and taken on record.

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Ratio / Principle

The directions of the order dated 28 November 2025 were duly complied with, and the Court Receiver stood automatically discharged upon such successful completion.

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Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

High Court of Judicature at Bombay (R. I. Chagla and Advait M. Sethna, JJ.; order signed by Advait M. Sethna, J.), 6 January 2026 — Writ Petition No. 4974 of 2025 (with Interim Application No. 8016 of 2025), Melronia Hospitality Private Limited & Anr. v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors.: Compliance order. Pursuant to the Court's order dated 28 November 2025 appointing the Court Receiver over licensed premises No.3102 with directions to take physical possession from Respondent No.7 and hand it to the Petitioner by 26 December 2025, the Court Receiver tendered a site report dated 11 December 2025 confirming that on 10 December 2025 his representative, with the necessary police assistance, took physical possession of the licensed premises along with two car parking spaces. The site report was taken on record; the Court held the directions duly complied with and the Court Receiver automatically discharged upon completion; the Writ Petition was disposed of with no order as to costs.

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Digitally signed by MULEY MULEY SHUBHAM SHUBHAM PRAVINRAO PRAVINRAO Date: 2026.01.07 12:46:47 +0530

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 4974 OF 2025

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Melronia Hospitality Private Limited & Anr. Versus

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The State of Maharashtra & Ors.

...Petitioners

...Respondents

WITH

INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 8016 OF 2025

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WRIT PETITION NO. 4974 OF 2025

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Mr. Yash Momaya (through VC) a/w Kinjal Kakkar i/by Jayesh Vyas for the Petitioners.

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Mr. Suraj Gupte, AGP for Respondent Nos.1 and 3 to 6.

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Mr. Laxman Shahapur a/w Ashish Chauhan and Deepali Bobade for Respondent No.7.

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Mr. Sameer Alekar, Section Officer, office of Court Receiver is present.

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CORAM : R. I. CHAGLA AND ADVAIT M. SETHNA, JJ.

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DATED : 6TH JANUARY, 2026

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P.C.:-

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The Writ Petition has been placed for compliance. By an order dated 28 November 2025 this Court had appointed Court Receiver in respect of the licensed premises No.3102 and directed the Court Receiver to forthwith take physical possession of the said licensed premises from Respondent No.7 or any other person who may be found therein and thereafter, hand over possession of the same to the Petitioner. This exercise was to be successfully completed within a period of four weeks from the date of the

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Shubham

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said order and in any event, no later than 26 December 2025. Today, the Court Receiver is present in Court has tendered a site report dated 11 December 2025 which shows that on 10 December 2025 the representative of the Court Receiver has take physical possession of the licensed premises along with two car parking with the necessary police assistance. The site report dated 11 December 2025 is taken on record.

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By the said order, the Court Receiver stood automatically discharged upon successful completion of the directions of this Court vide order dated 28 November 2025 which we note have been duly complied with.

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The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. There shall be no order

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as to costs.

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[ADVAIT M. SETHNA, J.]

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Shubham

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