Kiran Ramdas Mhetre & Ors. v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors.
Case at a glance
Outcome
Disposed of
In view of the above, this Petition is disposed off as
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.4995 OF 2026 Kiran Ramdas Mhetre & Ors. ….Petitioners Versus The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ….Respondents WITH INTERIM APPLICATION (ST) NO.11284 OF 2026 IN WRIT PETITION NO.4995 OF 2026 ---- Mr. Suresh Pakale, Senior Advocate a/w. Mr. Nilesh Desai i/b. Ms. Padmaja Malgaonkar for the Petitioners. Ms. Preeti Walimbe a/w. Mr. Mayank Tripathi and Ms. Rutika Bhoir for the Applicants in the Interim Application. Mr. M.M. Pabale, AGP for Respondent Nos.1, 2 and 4. Mr. Sumedh S. Modak for Respondent No.3. ---- CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE & HITEN S. VENEGAVKAR, JJ. DATE : 18th APRIL, 2026 P.C. :-
The learned Senior Advocate has tendered an undated statement on behalf of the Petitioners, signed by an Advocate. The typed letter is taken on record and marked as ‘X’ for identification.
Since the Petitioners desire to withdraw this Petition, a statement is made that, if they suffer a legal injury, they would avail Gauri Gaekwad 1 of 2
923.WP-4995-2026.odt of a remedy as is permissible in law for the redressal of their grievance.
Operative part
In view of the above, this Petition is disposed off as withdrawn, on instructions.
The pending Intervention Application would not survive and stands disposed off.
Needless to state, if the Petitioners suffer a legal injury and avail of a remedy as is permissible in law, all contentions are kept open. (HITEN S. VENEGAVKAR, J.) (RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, J.) Gauri Gaekwad 2 of 2
Questions this judgment answers
What did the Court decide in this case?
The Court recorded the following disposition: In view of the above, this Petition is disposed off as
Which court decided this case, and when?
Bombay High Court, on 18 Apr 2026. The bench was HITEN S VENEGAVKAR, RAVINDRA V GHUGE.
Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case
No known negative treatment found in the Courts & Cases corpus.
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