High Court of Gujarat
RATNAKAR LAXMANBHAI WADKARversusSTATE OF GUJARAT
- Decided
- 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 revision
- procedural dismissal
- application not pressed
- maintenance
- Gujarat High Court
- procedural 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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