Authority: Supreme Court of India

Order Date: 23 July 2026

Case Overview

  • Petitioners: Renold S Soans & Ors.; Respondents: State of Maharashtra & Ors.
  • The petitions (SLP (C) Nos. 17138‑17142/2022) arise from impugned final judgments and orders dated 14‑07‑2022 in WP Nos. 1262/2022, 2103/2022, 2064/2022, 2096/2022, 2065/2022 passed by the Bombay High Court.
  • The matters were listed before a two‑judge bench of Hon’ble Mr. Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh.
  • Counsel for petitioners included Mr. Ayush Negi, Mr. Sanjay Mani Tripathi, Mr. Mrinal Tripathi, Ms. Anu Gupta, Mr. Salim Inamdar, Mrs. Pragya Baghel, Mr. Yuvraj Kashyap, and Ms. Aarushi Gupta (through V.C.). Counsel for respondents included Mr. Bharat Bagla, Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, Mr. Shrirang B. Varma, and Mr. Chirag M. Shroff.

Final Outcome

  • For petitioner No.3, the court noted that the matter has been settled, granted a one‑week period to file the appropriate application, and ordered that the matters be listed again the following week.
  • In SLP(C) No. 18309/2022, counsel for the petitioners submitted that the petition had become infructuous; the court disposed of the petition as infructuous and ordered that all pending applications be dismissed.

Topics: Special Leave Petition, Supreme Court Judgment, Legal Dispute