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2026 DAILYLAW 14309 (BOM)

RAJESH MEHTA v. THE JOINT CHARITY COMMISSIONER AND ORS

IA/4765/2026 · 2026-09-24

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sns 57-ia-4765-2026.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION INTERIM APPLICATION NO.4765 OF 2026 IN WRIT PETITION NO.7859 OF 2026 Rajesh Mehta … Applicant V/s. The Joint Charity Commissioner & Ors. … Respondents Mr. Ragherth Basant a/w. Adv. Aditya N. Raut, Adv. Utsav Trivedi, Adv. Richa P. i/by Desai Desai Carrinjee & Mulla LLP for the Applicant. Adv. O. A. Chandurkar, Addl. GP, Adv. Gauri Raghuvanshi, AGP for the Respondent-State. Mr. Ashish Kamat, Senior Advocate a/w. Adv. Rashmin Khandekar, Adv. Dikshat Mehra, Adv. Devesh Juvekar, Adv. Mithilesh Chalke, Adv. Honey C., Adv. Rima Desai, Adv. Minal C., Adv. Monish Bhatia i/by Rajani Associates for the Respondent No.2. Mr. Gaurav Joshi, Senior Advocate a/w. Adv. Piyush Raheja, Adv. Ameet Naik, Adv. Madhu Gadodia, Adv. Vivek Dwivedi, Adv. Vinita Dandekar, Adv. Aryan Garg i/by Naik Naik & Co, for Respondent No.3. Mr. Abhay Dhadiwal a/w. Adv. Monish Bhatia, Adv. Vidhi Karia, Adv. Prithvi Sawla i/by Jayakar & Partners for Respondent No.5. CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND KAMAL KHATA, JJ. DATE : 24th September, 2026. P.C.:- 1) By this Application, the Applicant-original Petitioner is seeking amendment as per Schedule ‘A’ annexed thereto. The Applicant also wants to amend the prayer clauses and to include the following prayer clauses: 1/2 SUMEDH NAMDEO SONAWANE Digitally signed by SUMEDH NAMDEO SONAWANE Date: 2026.10.05 15:10:32 +0530 sns 57-ia-4765-2026.doc “(c-1)This Hon’ble Court be pleased to appoint, by way of an interim arrangement, a fit and proper person as an Administrator to administer the affairs of the Trust along with the three untainted and undisputed Trustees, i.e. Mr. Sanjay Shroff, Mr. Kiran Shah and Mr. Mohit Mathur in order to stabilize, supervise, protect and oversee the functioning, administration, finances and governance of the Trust i.e. the Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Medical Trust and the Hospital run by it, pending the decision of Respondent No.1 under Section 41D(3) in Application No.10 of 2026. (c-2) For ad-interim reliefs in terms of prayer (c-1).” 2) By an Order of even date passed in the Petition, as we have directed the Joint Charity Commissioner to decide the main Application itself, according to us, the reliefs sought in the present Application need not be granted and the Application is accordingly disposed off. (KAMAL KHATA, J.) (A.S. GADKARI, J.) 2/2