MALEGAON MUNICIPAL CORPN. vs SANJAY MAHENDRA PAWAR . — C.A. No. 2888/2006

Case Summary: CA No. 2888/2006 Outcome: The Supreme Court dismissed Malegaon Municipal Corporation's appeal on March 16, 2011. The Court upheld the High Court's order setting aside the trial court's civil imprisonment order against judgment debtor Sanjay Mahendra Pawar for a Rs. 4,70,38,726.45 decree. The Court found no evidence of willful or deliberate refusal to pay and held that civil imprisonment requires proof of means combined with intentional evasion. The corporation may pursue recovery through property attachment proceedings instead. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.