Bombay High Court

SAYYED TAHERODDIN SAYYED GAUS MOHIYODDINversusUDDHAV SANDIPAN BHORE AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

Since the underlying civil suit was disposed, the contempt petition stood disposed as there was nothing left to enforce.

Summary

The petitioner filed a contempt petition alleging violation of a status‑quo order dated 23‑01‑2013 and 07‑01‑2014 passed by this Court. The underlying dispute arose from a writ petition that challenged an order of the District Judge‑3, Ambajogai, which in turn confirmed an earlier order of the Civil Judge, Senior Division, Ambajogai in Regular Civil Suit No. 157/2013. That civil suit was finally disposed by the Civil Judge on 24‑07‑2015. Because the suit was fully disposed, there was no longer any operative order to be contravened. The Court held that the contempt petition could not proceed and therefore stood disposed. The petition was dismissed as moot.

Issues considered

What is the effect on a contempt petition when the substantive order it seeks to enforce has been rendered inoperative by the final disposal of the underlying suit?

Subjects

contempt
status‑quo order
civil suit disposal
jurisdiction
High Court

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:43135

                                                                        147.2014CP

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                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                 BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                          14 CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 147 OF 2014
                                   IN WP/7577/2013

                          Sayyed Taheroddin Sayyed Gaus Mohiyoddin
                                           VERSUS
                              Uddhav Sandipan Bhore And Others
                                              ...
                 Mr.Bhavthankar V.V., Advocate for the Petitioner
                 Mr. G.A. Kulkarni, AGP for Respondent/State
                 Mr. G.V. Mohekar, Advocate for respondent no.1.
                 Mr. F.F. Shirpurkar h/f Mr. S.S. Kazi, advocate for
                 respondent nos.2 and 4.
                                              ...
                                     CORAM : VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV,J.

                                       DATE    :    21.09.2026

                 P.C. :


                 1.          The order of which contempt is alleged was the
                 status-quo order passed by this Court on 23.01.2013 and
                 07.01.2014.


                 2.          In the main Writ Petition, the order dated
                 17.07.2013 passed in M.C.A. No.24/2013 by the District
                 Judge-3, Ambajogai was challenged, confirming the order
                 dated 17.05.2013 passed by Civil Judge, Senior Division,
                 Ambajogai     below    Exhibit-5    in   Regular   Civil   Suit
                 No.157/2013. Subsequently, Regular Civil Suit No.157/2013
                 is disposed of by the learned Civil Judge, Senior Division,
                 Ambajogai vide judgment and decree dated 24.07.2015.
                                                   147.2014CP

                            2

3.         In view of disposal of the suit itself, nothing
survives in the contempt petition and the same stands
disposed of.


                            [VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV]
                                     JUDGE
sga

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