India, Aug. 12 -- The Bombay high court on Monday directed the Maharashtra government to approach senior advocate Pradeep Gharat to check if he would consider returning as special public prosecutor (SPP) in the 2019 Dr Payal Tadvi suicide abetment case, after his sudden removal earlier this year triggered objections from the victim's family.

On March 7, 2025, the state government removed Pradeep Gharat from the case. In his place, the state had appointed advocate Mahesh Manohar Mule as special public prosecutor. Dr Payal Tadvi's husband, Dr Salman Tadvi and her mother Abeda Salim Tadvi opposed the new appointment.

A division bench of justices Ravindra Ghuge and Gautam Ankhad was hearing a petition filed by Dr Tadvi's mother, Abeda Tadvi...