RANJEET NIMBALKAR v. STATE MAHARASHTRA
Supreme Court of IndiaC.A. NO. 000914-000914 - 2025Bench: Justice Aravind Kumar, Justice N.V. Anjaria
The Supreme Court dismissed the writ petition challenging the Bombay High Court's notification designating Kolhapur as an additional sitting place under Section 51(3) of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, holding that the Chief Justice possesses an independent continuing power to appoint such places with gubernatorial approval without territorial bifurcation.