High Court of Gujarat

JIGISHA PARIKH W/O KAMAL PARIKH (DELETED AS PER ORAL ORDER DT 12/01/2026)versusUNION OF INDIA

Decided: 12 January 2026
Disposal: 27-WITHDRAWN @ ADM.STAGE
Bench: MAULIK SHELAT

Holding

The court held that the petitioner’s name may be deleted from the writ petition, leading to the disposal of the petition.

Summary

Jigisha Parikh, the original petitioner in Special Civil Application No. 23303 of 2017, filed a Civil Application seeking deletion of her name from the writ petition. She submitted a letter to her advocate requesting the deletion. The High Court considered the request and allowed the Civil Application, ordering that her name be deleted from the main writ petition. Consequently, the court permitted the withdrawal of the petition, noting that it had only a sole petitioner. The petition was therefore disposed of and any interim relief previously granted was vacated.

Issues considered

Whether the original petitioner may have her name deleted from the writ petition upon her request

Subjects

civil procedure
deletion of petitioner
withdrawal of petition
special civil application
interim relief vacated

Judgment

      C/SCA/23303/2017                              ORDER DATED: 12/01/2026




          IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD

           R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 23303 of 2017

                               With
          CIVIL APPLICATION (FOR ORDERS) NO. 1 of 2025
         In R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 23303 of 2017
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                         JIGISHA PARIKH W/O KAMAL PARIKH
                                       Versus
                               UNION OF INDIA & ORS.
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Appearance:
MS LIPEE D DAVE(12327) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1
KSHITIJ M AMIN(7572) for the Respondent(s) No. 3
MS MEGHA JANI(1028) for the Respondent(s) No. 2
NOTICE SERVED BY DS for the Respondent(s) No. 1
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 CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MAULIK J.SHELAT

                                Date : 12/01/2026

                                  ORAL ORDER

ORDER IN CIVIL APPLICATION.

[1]     The present Civil Application has been 昀椀led by the
applicant, who is original petitioner in Special Civil Application
No.23303 of 2017, seeking deletion of her name from the writ
petition.

[2]     Having considered the averments made in the application
and the letter dated 20.12.2025 addressed by the applicant to
her advocate requesting deletion of her name from the present
petition, the Civil Applications deserve to be allowed.

[3]     Accordingly, the application is allowed. The name of the


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       C/SCA/23303/2017                                                ORDER DATED: 12/01/2026




present applicant, being original petitioner, shall stand deleted
in the main writ petition.


ORDER IN SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION.

[1]       In view of the order passed in the aforesaid Civil
Application, the petitioner is permitted to withdraw the present
petition, as prayed for in the said Civil Application.

[2]       Accordingly, as the present petition had only a sole
petitioner, it does not survive and is disposed of. Notice stands
discharged. Ad-interim relief / Interim relief granted earlier
stands vacated.



                                                                (MAULIK J.SHELAT,J)
Lalji Desai

Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge.
Digitally signed by: LALJI DESAI(HC01558), PRIVATE SECRETARY, at High Court of Gujarat on 12/01/2026 18:07:42




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