# VILAS M PATEL AND 74 ORS vs THE UNION OF INDIA AND 5 ORS

Court: Bombay High Court
Date: 2026-03-09
Citation: WP/4302/2022
Petitioner: VILAS M PATEL AND 74 ORS
Respondent: THE UNION OF INDIA AND 5 ORS

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## Judgment text (excerpt)

1/119 WP-8534-22 GRP.odt Salgaonkar IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY MANDIRA MILIND 2022. Mr. Ankit Lohia with Mr. Siddharth Joshi, Viloma Shah, Mr. Harshad Vyas and Mr. Viraj Raiyani i/b M/s. AVP Partners, for the Petitioners in WP/4302/2022. 3/119 WP-8534-22 GRP.odt Mr. Dhaval Patil i/b M/s. K. Ashar and Co. for Respondent No. 4. Mr.Shivam Mehra for Respondent Nos. 1 and 2 in WP/7728/2022. Dr. Uday P. Warunjikar with Ms. Vaishnavi M. Gujarathi i/b Aditya P. Kharkar for the Petitioner in WP/7753/2022. Mr. Anilkumar Patil with Ms. Zeel Jain for the Petitioner in WP/7728/2022. Mr. Aseem Naphade with Ms.Subrata Sen, Mr. Akash Loya, Mr. Sujit Lahoti, Ms.Tejasvi Nakashe and Haaris Koradia i/b Sujit Lahoti and Associates for the Petitioner in WP/2847/2025. Mr. Karl Tamboly with Mr. Bhavin Shah, Mr. Krupesh Bhosle and Mr. Maulik Tanna, Advocates for the Petitioners in WP/11079/2024. Mr. Ravi Kadam, Senior Advocate with Mr. Ameya Gokhale, Mr. Rishabh Jaisani, Mr. Harit Lakhani, Ms. Richa Bharti and Mr. Ansh Kumar i/b Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas and Co., for the Respondent No.3 in WP/4302/2022, for the Respondent No.2 in WP/7753/2022, for the Respondent No.1 in WP/8534/2022, WP/11

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