High Court of Gujarat

RATNAKAR LAXMANBHAI WADKARversusSTATE OF GUJARAT

Disposal: 47-DISPOSAL IN ANY OTHER MODE FH
Bench: HASMUKH D SUTHAR

Holding

The application is disposed of as not pressed.

Summary

The applicant filed a criminal revision application seeking maintenance before the Gujarat High Court. The applicant’s counsel did not press the application before the court. The court, however, granted the applicant liberty to initiate appropriate proceedings should the circumstances change. Consequently, the court disposed of the application as not pressed, expressly stating that it had not examined the merits of the case. No substantive legal issues were addressed in the order.

Issues considered

Whether the revision application is deemed pressed for the purposes of adjudication
Whether the court may dismiss a revision application on the ground that it is not pressed

Subjects

criminal revisionprocedural dismissalapplication not pressedmaintenanceGujarat High Courtprocedural law

Judgment

         R/CR.RA/25/2016                                                ORDER DATED: 06/04/2026




                IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD

 R/CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION (FOR MAINTENANCE) NO. 25 of
                            2016

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                            RATNAKAR LAXMANBHAI WADKAR
                                        Versus
                               STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR.
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Appearance:
MR AMRISH K PANDYA(3219) for the Applicant(s) No. 1
MR R N GHOTRA(2804) for the Respondent(s) No. 2
MS SHRUTI PATHAK, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1
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  CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HASMUKH D. SUTHAR

                                         Date : 06/04/2026
                                          ORAL ORDER


           Learned advocate for the applicant does not press the
present          application,           with       liberty       to     initiate       appropriate
proceedings in the event of any change in circumstances.


           The present application stands disposed of as not pressed,
with the aforesaid liberty.



           It is clarified that this Court has not gone into the merits of
the case.


                                                                      (HASMUKH D. SUTHAR,J)
ALI




      Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge.
      Digitally signed by: ISTAYAK ALI(HC01093), PRIVATE SECRETARY, at High Court of Gujarat on 07/04/2026 11:57:13




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