Authority: Supreme Court of India

Order Date: 14-10-2026

Case Overview

  • Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No.320/2026 filed by Bajaj General Insurance Limited against the State of Maharashtra & Others, arising from the impugned final judgment and order dated 24-11-2025 in WP No.11249/2022 of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Aurangabad.
  • The petition was listed for hearing on 14-10-2026 at 2.00 PM.
  • The matter was heard by Hon'ble Mr. Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.V. Viswanathan.
  • Counsel for the petitioner included senior advocates Mukul Rohatgi, Navin Pahwa, S. Muralidhar, Ajit Warrier, Angad Kochhar, Shivek Sahai Endlaw, Vedant Kashyap, Khush Bhachawat, Ninni Susan Thomas, Megha, K Rigved Prasad, Apoorva Singh, Jagdish Solanki, and S.S. Shroff‑710 (AOR).
  • Counsel for the respondents comprised senior advocates Sudhanshu Chaudhari (AOR), Samrat Krishnarao Shinde, Yash Singhania, Gautami Yadav, Pranjal Chapalgaokar, Pratyush Kalro, Balbir Singh, Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Aaditya Aniruddha Pande‑3259 (AOR), Shrirang B. Varma, Aditya Krishna, Sushmita Pandey, Arunima Das, Ashwin Arun Hirulkar, Kunika Bansal, Vikramjit Banerjee (A.S.G.), Madhulika Upadhyay‑4185 (AOR), Sunita Sharma, Abhishek Atrey, Nachiketa Joshi, R.r. Rajesh, Sadhana Sandhu, Atul Babasaheb Dakh‑2098 (AOR), Praveen Kumar Pandey, Bitu Kumar Singh, Vikram Singh Dogra, and Ritik Sharma.
  • Two interim applications were noted: IA No.3364/2026 seeking exemption from filing the certified copy of the impugned judgment, and IA No.3363/2026 seeking exemption from filing the original transcript.

Final Outcome

  • The Court ordered that the matter be listed for further hearing on 17-11-2026 at 2.30 PM.
  • No substantive judgment or direction on the merits of the appeal was rendered; the order is purely procedural.

Topics: Legal Proceedings, Insurance