- 8 February 2023. Heard Mr. Mr. Shekhar Naphade, Ms. V. Mohana and Mr. Ravi P. Mehrotra, learned senior counsels for two and a half hours, thirty five minutes and ten minutes respectively. Mr. Dhruv Mehta, Mr. Sanjay R Hegde and Mr. Ravi K Deshpande, learned senior counsels followed by Mr. Sudhanshu S.
- 9 February 2023. Heard Mr. Shyam Divan, learned senior counsel for the respondent(s) for forty minutes. Arguments concluded.
- 24 March 2023. Order on the record. The operative text could not be read.
- 24 March 2023. Order on the record. The operative text could not be read.
- 22 September 2023. IA NO. 164724/2023 in C.A. No. 2532/2022 IA NO. 164720/2023 in C.A. NO. 2531/2022 IA NO. 164707/2023 in C.A. No. 2513/2022 List on 03.10.2023.
- 3 October 2023. IA NO. 164724/2023 IN C.A. NO. 2532/2022 IA NO. 164707/2023 IN C.A. NO. 2513/2022 IA NO. 164720/2023 IN C.A. NO. 2531/2022 Issue notice. Learned counsel for the non-applicants accepts notice.
- 31 October 2023. Learned counsel for the respondent-State has circulated a letter on account of personal difficulty. List on 21st November, 2023.
- 21 November 2023. An adjournment letter has been circulated on behalf of the State Government. We put to learned counsel that the limited issue before us is whether on the issue of affinity test the matter needs to be remitted to the High Court or to the Scrutiny Committee.
- 19 January 2024. The counsel for the State of Maharashtra prays for time to obtain instruction and file counter affidavit. Four weeks' time, as prayed for, is granted for the purpose.
- 19 February 2024. On the prayer of the learned counsel for the respondents, the matters be listed on Monday i.e.,04.03.2024.
- 4 March 2024. The counsel submits that these bunch of cases should preferably be fixed on a final hearing day. The matters, along with listed application(s), are accordingly be posted on 13.11.2024.
- 19 March 2024. This matter was mentioned today. We are not inclined to pass any order.
- 24 April 2025. List IA No. 164720/23 in CA NO. 2531/22 AND IA No. 164724/23 in CA NO. 2532/22 alongwith main matter(s), which are slated to be listed on 08.05.2025.
- Counsel named on these orders, not a complete vakalatnama, include the advocates listed below.
Advocates — Appellants: Mr. Shekhar Naphade, Mr. Gagan Sanghi, Ms. Farah Hashmi, Ms. Aishwarya Dash, Mr. Chander Shekhar Ashri, Mr. Ravi Prakash Mehrotra. Sr., Ms. Preeti Rane, Mr. Ashish Pandey, Mr. Apoorv Srivastava, Mr. Amlan Kumar Ghosh, Mr. Shirish K. Deshpande, Ms. Rucha Pravin Mandlik Advocates — Respondents: Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar, Mr. Sachin Patil, Mr. Anand Sukumar, Mr. Kshitij Mittal, Mr. S. Sukumaran, Mr. Bhupesh Kumar Pathak, Ms. Meera Mathur, Ms. Mayuri Raghuvanshi, Mr. Vyom Raghuvanshi, Ms. Akanksha Rathore, Mr. Yogesh Malik, Mr. Shyam Divan
