WPPIL/25/2026

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NEUTRAL CITATION C/WPPIL/25/2026 JUDGMENT DATED: 25/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:38938-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/WRIT PETITION (PIL) (WRIT PETITION (PIL)) NO. 25 of 2026 ========================================================== DR. VILAS TUKARAM KHARAT Versus THE UNION OF INDIA & ORS. ========================================================== Appearance: MR MIREN PRIYADARSHI(11023) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MS RATNA VORA(2251) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MR. GURSHARAN H.VIRK, LD.GP WITH MS. DEVANSHEE N. KARIEL, ADVOCATE WITH MS. DHARITRI PANCHOLI, AGP for the Opponent(s) No. 4,5,6,7 MS. PRUTHA BHAVSAR, ADVOCATE FOR MR ANKIT SHAH(6371) for the Opponent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MRS. JUSTICE SUNITA AGARWAL and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D.N.RAY Date : 25/06/2026 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MRS. JUSTICE SUNITA AGARWAL) 1. This is a wholly misconceived Public Interest Litigation filed by a person who is resident of State of Maharashtra. The assertion made in the Public Interest Litigation about credentials of the petitioner are that the petitioner is a scholar who has done Ph.D. in Marathi Language from Dr.Baba Saheb Maharashtra University and is founder member of (…...blank) and, at present, he is associated with a N.G.O. called Sanatan Dhamm. There is, thus, no disclosure in this Public Interest Litigation about the actual occupation/profession of the petitioner to earn his livelihood. The name of N.G.O. with Page 1 of 6 Uploaded by () on Downloaded on : Tue Jun 30 22:46:35 IST 2026 NEUTRAL CITATION C/WPPIL/25/2026 JUDGMENT DATED: 25/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:38938-DB which the petitioner claim to be associated is not supported by any material on record nor the petitioner ha