High Court Its Own Motion v. Ashwini Nikhil Patil

Board Sr.No.:-12

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR APPELLATE SIDE CRIMINAL JURISDICTION CR. SUO-MOTU CONTEMPT PETN. NO. 1 OF 2026 High Court Its Own Motion ....PETITIONER V/S Ashwini Nikhil Patil ....RESPONDENT WITH PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION STAMP NO. 1956 OF 2026 Kolhapur District Bar Association Thr. President District Court Premises And Ors.

....PETITIONER V/S The State Of Maharashtra Thr. Its Chief Secretary And Ors.

....RESPONDENT Adv. Umesh Mankapure a/w Adv. Amit Sale, Adv. Vijay Patil, Adv.

Hrishikesh S. Shinde i/b Adv. Abhishek Ingale and Adv. Swaroop Karade, for Petitioners in PIL(st)/1956/2026. Adv. Rajiv Chavan, Senior Advocate a/w Adv. Satyavrat Joshi, appointed by the Court as Amici Curiae, for Respondent No.1 in SMCP/1/2026.

Dr. Uday Warunjikar (through V.C.) a/w Adv. N. G. Kamble and Ms.

Neha Deshpande, for Respondent No.7.

Adv. Shekhar Jagtap, for Respondent No.8 â€" BCI. Ms. Neha Bhide, Government Pleader a/w Ms. Tejas J. Kapre, AGP for Page 1/2

the Respondent-State in PIL.

Ms. Priyanka Rane, APP for the State.

Dr.Dirajkumar Bacchu,Addl SP Kolhapur present in court. Ms. Priya Patil (Dy. S.P.), Kolhapur City a/w Mr. Santosh Doke (Police Inspector), Shahupuri Police Station, Kolhapur,Mr.Shriram Kanerkar,Laxmipuri Police Station,Mr.Sushant Chavan PI/LCB Kolhapur present in Court. CORAM :

HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE MADHAV J.

JAMDAR & HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE PRAVIN SHESHRAO PATIL, JJ DATE :

27th April, 2026 P.C. :

S.O. 04/05/2026 , at 10:15 AM. Ad-interim / relief or interim relief,if any granted earlier will continue to operating till next date.

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