Bombay High Court
DIPAK RAVINDRA PATIL AND OTHERSversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS
- Disposal
- DISPOSED OFF
Holding
The application was dismissed because the applicants did not press it.
Summary
The petitioners, Dipak Ravindra Patil and others, filed a civil application before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench. During the hearing, the counsel for the applicants informed the court that they were not pressing the application. The court noted this instruction and considered whether the application could continue without being pressed. Finding that the applicants had withdrawn their intent to pursue the matter, the court disposed of the application. The disposition reflects the principle that an unpressed application cannot be forced to proceed.
Issues considered
- Whether an application that is not pressed by the applicant should be dismissed by the court
Subjects
- civil procedure
- application dismissal
- non-pressing of application
Judgment
1
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
BENCH AT AURANGABAD
34 CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9442 OF 2026
IN WP/8964/2021
DIPAK RAVINDRA PATIL AND OTHERS
VERSUS
THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH
ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS
...
Advocate for applicants : Mr. A.V. Hon
AGP for the respondent – State : Mr. K.N. Lokhande
Advocate for respondent no. 3 and 4 in WP/8964/2021 : Mr. V.V. Gujar
...
CORAM : KISHORE C. SANT AND
JITENDRA JAIN, JJ.
DATE : 28 SEPTEMBER 2026
PER COURT :
Learned counsel for the applicants, on instructions,
submits that he is not pressing the Application.
2. The Application stands disposed of as not pressed.
[ JITENDRA JAIN ] [ KISHORE C. SANT ]
JUDGE JUDGE
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