Supreme Court of India

Bhaskar Govind Gavate (now Deceased) through His Legal Heirs v. The State of Maharashtra

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Bench Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Atul S. Chandurkar JJ.
Decided 4 December 2025

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, the judgment dated 26.02.2022 passed in Contempt Petition No.315 of 2003 is set aside.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

In this group of Writ Petitions, at the outset, Mr. Nargolkar, learned Assistant Government Pleader, tendered an affidavit of P. . Nikumbh, Special Land Acquisition Officer, Ulhas Valley Project, Thane. The same is taken on record. In the said affidavit, a statement has been made that Respondent Nos. 1 to 4 have no objection to hand over the possession of the land as it stands today and which is in possession of the State Government.…

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