RAJENDRA DHEDYA GAVIT vs SUDHIR BRIJENDRA JAIN

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Neeta Sawant Int.Appl(L)-5808-2025-FC A/w. EP-3-2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION INTERIM APPLICATION (L.) NO. 5808 OF 2025 IN ELECTION PETITION NO. 3 OF 2025 Rajendra Dhedya Gavit …. Applicant (Orig. Respondent) In the matter between : Sudhir Brijendra Jain ….Petitioner : Versus : Rajendra Dhedya Gavit …. Respondent WITH ELECTION PETITION NO. 3 OF 2025 Sudhir Brijendra Jain …. Petitioner : Versus : Rajendra Dhedya Gavit …. Respondent Mr. Nitin Gangal with Mr. Chandrakant Y. Tanawde, Ms. Namita Mestry, Ms. Prapti Karkera, Ms. Diksha Patil, Mr. Pramod B. Jedhe, Mr. Naresh B. Patil and Mr. Milind Choudhari for the Applicant in Interim Application (L) No.5808 of 2025 and for Respondent in Election Petition No.3 of 2025. Smt. Neeta Karnik, Senior Advocate with Mr. Jimmy Mates Gonsalves, Mr. Shrirang P. Katneshwarkar, Mr. Kallies Albert Alphanso and Mr. Sandeep Gupta, i/b. Mr. Anthony Floriyen Foss, for Respondent in Interim Application (L) No.5808 of 2025 and for the Petitioner in Election Petition No.3 of 2025. ______________________________________________________________________________ Page No.1 of 36 Monday, 23 June 2025 Neeta Sawant Int.Appl(L)-5808-2025-FC A/w. EP-3-2025 CORAM : SANDEEP V. MARNE, J. Judgment Reserved On : 13 June 2025. Judgment Pronounced On : 23 June 2025 JUDGMENT: 1) This application is filed by the original Respondent in the Election Petition seeking rejection of the Election Petition under the provisions of Order VII Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Code). 2) The Petitioner has filed the Election Petition seeking a declaration that the election of the Respondent in the General Election 2024 to the State Assembly from 130-Palghar-ST Assembly Constituency is void. 3) Brief facts leading