NILESH OJHA AND ANR. vs HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ON ITS OWN MOTION

Dilwale Rameshwar full bench- CP-1-25.doc RAMESHWAR LAXMAN DILWALE IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY 9. ... Date on which the judgment is reserved : 4 th September 2025 Date on which the judgment is pronounced : 17th September 2025 CORAM: SHREE CHANDRASHEKHAR, CJ., M. S. SONAK, RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, A. S. GADKARI & B. P. COLABAWALLA, JJ. PER, SHREE CHANDRASHEKHAR, CJ.: INTERIM APPLICATION NO.3297 OF 2025 Before we proceed to deal with this Interim Application, it is necessary to have in mind the background in which Criminal Suo Motu Contempt Petition No.1 of 2025 was instituted against the applicant-contemnor. On 1 st April 2025, the applicant-contemnor, namely, Nilesh C. Ojha held a press conference and made a statement that one of the judges (hereinafter, referred to as “X”) constituting the Division Bench was disqualified from hearing the case because her sister was 2 Dilwale Rameshwar full bench- CP-1-25.doc an accused in the First Information Report filed by his client. That press conference was held by him in connection to Criminal Writ Petition No. 1612 of 2025 filed by Mr Satish Salian seeking an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the incident of the d