SUMEET FACILITIES LTD vs CONTRACT FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

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62.24-pil.docx IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO. 62 OF 2024 BASAVRAJ Contract for Emergency Medical Services … Petitioner GURAPPA V/s. PATIL Digitally signed by BASAVRAJ GURAPPA The State of Maharashtra and Ors. … Respondents PATIL Date: 2025.04.08 20:10:08 +0530 WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 13113 OF 2024 Sumeet SSG BVG Mahanagar EMS Pvt. Ltd. Through Authorized Representative S. Sowale … Petitioner V/s. The State of Maharashtra and Ors. … Respondents WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 12541 OF 2024 IN PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO. 62 OF 2024 Sumeet Facilities Ltd. … Applicant V/s. Contract for Emergency Medical Services … Respondent WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 12592 OF 2024 IN PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO. 62 OF 2024 Vikas Sadashiv Lawande … Applicant V/s. Contract for Emergency Medical Services and Ors. … Respondents Basavraj Page | 1 62.24-pil.docx Mr. Vyankatesh Dhond, Senior Advocate – Amicus Curiae Mr. Ravi Kadam, Senior Advocate with Mr. Seoul Shah, Chinmay Patil and Siddharth Chavde for the Petitioner in WP/13113/2024 and for Respondent No.7 in PIL No. 62/24 Dr. Birendra Saraf. Advocate General with Mrs. Neha S. Bhide, Govt. Pleader with Mr. O.A. Chandurkar, Additional Government Pleader with Mr. Kushal Amin, ‘B’ Panel Counsel with Ms. G.R. Raghuwanshi, AGP for Respondent Nos. 1 to 4 in WP/PIL Mr. Ashutosh A. Kumbhakoni, Senior Advocate with Mr. Ashutosh M. Kulkarni i/b. Mr. Sarthak S. Diwan for Respondent No.6 in PIL CORAM: ALOK ARADHE, CJ. & M.S.KARNIK, J. RESERVED ON : APRIL 4, 2025 PRONOUNCED ON : APRIL 8, 2025 JUDGMENT (PER : CHIEF JUSTICE) Rule. Rule is made returnable forthwith. By consent of the learned counsel for the parties, heard finally. (A) CHALLENGE: 2. The subject matter of PIL is a tende