Bombay High Court

M/S SUNIL OIL INDUSTRIES PACHORAversusASHOK HARAKCHAND SANGHAVI AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The petition is dismissed as infructuous because the lapse of time has rendered it incapable of achieving its purpose.

Summary

M/s Sunil Oil Industries filed Contempt Petition No. 112 of 2013 against Ashok Harakchand Sanghavi and others. The petitioner’s counsel argued that the petition had become infructuous because of the lapse of time. The court examined whether the passage of time rendered the petition ineffective. Relying on the principle that a petition which is no longer capable of achieving its purpose must be dismissed, the bench held the petition to be infructuous. Consequently, the petition was disposed of without any further orders.

Issues considered

Whether the contempt petition is infructuous due to the passage of time

Subjects

contempt
infructuous
limitation period
petition disposal
high court

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:38273

                                                                            112.2013CP

                                                  1

                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                  BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                            9 CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 112 OF 2013
                                     IN WP/9421/2010
                              M/S SUNIL OIL INDUSTRIES PACHORA
                                            VERSUS
                          ASHOK HARAKCHAND SANGHAVI AND OTHERS
                                                  ...
                 Advocate for Petitioner : Mr. Mehul P. Kulkarni h/f Mr.Sawant A.S.
                 AGP for Respondent/State : Mrs.M.N. Ghanekar
                                                  ...
                                       CORAM :          VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV,J.

                                       DATE      :      24.08.2026

                 P.C. :


                 1.          Learned Advocate holding for Mr. Sawant for the
                 petitioner submits that due to passage of time, the petition
                 has become infructuous.
                 2.          In view of the same, the petition is disposed of as
                 infructuous.


                                               [VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV]
                                                        JUDGE

                 SGA

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