Doctors assault case: Bombay HC stays bail granted to Shiv Sena corporator, asks him to surrender
The Bombay High Court has stayed the bail granted to Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre, who is accused of assaulting doctors at a municipal hospital. The court criticized the lower court's decision as perverse and ordered the politician to surrender.
Why it matters
The case underscores judicial intervention in cases involving violence against medical professionals and highlights concerns regarding the influence of political figures in the legal system.
Taking suo motu cognisance, the Bombay High Court on Saturday (July 18, 2026) stayed the bail granted by a lower court to Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre, accused of assaulting doctors at a municipal hospital in Thane district, and asked him to surrender before the police by Sunday evening (July 19, 2026).
A Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge and Justice Gautam Ankhad, in a special sitting on Saturday (July 18, 2026), took suo motu cognisance of the news reports considering the "gravity and seriousness" of the issue.
A court in Thane district on July 14 granted bail to Mhatre, a corporator of the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC). The politician and his aides were arrested for allegedly assaulting two doctors and nurses at a civic-run hospital in Dombivli on the night of July 6 after a family was advised to shift a newborn to another facility.
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