DIPAK KUMAR CHATTOPADHYAY vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND 2 ORS

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Digitally signed by LAXMIKANT LAXMIKANT GOPAL GOPAL CHANDAN CHANDAN Date: JUDGMENT-WP-428-2018-2.DOCX 2025.07.01 17:01:19 +0530 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 428 of 2018 Dipak Kumar Chattopadhyay, Age 59 years, Occu. Advocate, R/at - 83/2, Western Railway Colony, Matunga Road, Mumbai 400 019 … Petitioner Versus 1. State of Maharashtra, Through the Secretary of Department of Women and Children, Mantralaya, Mumbai 400 023. 2. Commissioner of Women and Child Development, Maharashtra State, Pune -1, having office at - 28, Ranichabaug, Near Old Circuit House, Maharashtra State, Pune- 1. 3. District Women and Child Development Officer, Mumbai City Having office at - 117, BDD Chawl Worli, Mumbai. … Respondents ______________________________________________________ Dr. Uday Warunjikar a/w Mr. Aditya Kharkar, Mr. Jenish Jain, for the Petitioner. Ms. P. H. Kantharia, G.P. for the Respondent Nos.1 to 3 - State ______________________________________________________ Page 1 of 16 JUDGMENT-WP-428-2018-2.DOCX CORAM : M.S. Sonak & Jitendra Jain, JJ. RESERVED ON : 26 JUNE 2025 PRONOUNCED ON : 01 JULY 2025 JUDGMENT : (Per M. S. Sonak, J.) 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. The rule was issued in this Petition on 07 December 2017, and the hearing was expedited. 3. The Petitioner challenges the order dated 22/25 September 2017 (Exhibit H) by which he was removed as a Member of the Juvenile Justice Board (“JJB”), Mumbai. 4. By Notification dated 18 June 2015, the Petitioner was appointed as a Member of the JJB by following the due procedure for selection. On 16 December 2016, the Principal Magistrate [Chairperson] filed a complaint against the Petitioner alleging misconduct, misbehaviour and abuse of power. A simila