Supreme Court of India

State of Maharashtra v. Ramesh Sukrya Mhatre

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Bench Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta JJ.
Decided 28 September 2026

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid, we find that the High Court erred in exercising its discretion in favour of respondent Nos.1 to.

Judgment, page 30

In brief

On 6th July 2026, respondent No.1, an elected Corporator of the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation, along with respondent Nos.2 to 4, allegedly assaulted and abused three doctors, including a lady doctor, on duty in the Labour Ward of Shastri Nagar Municipal Hospital, Dombivli, during a dispute over shifting a pregnant patient in labour. Respondent No.1 is alleged to have threatened the informant doctor, delaying registration of the FIR, which was ultimately lodged under provisions of the BNS and Sections 3 and 4 of the Maharashtra Medicare Service Persons Act, 2010.…

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