Bombay High Court

TORAIT SYED YUNUSversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The contempt petition was dismissed as infructuous.

Summary

Petitioner Torait Syed Yunus filed a contempt petition (No. 174 of 2020) against the State of Maharashtra and another. The petitioner, through counsel, later informed the court that there was nothing left to pursue and the petition had become infructuous. The court, noting the petition's lack of substance, disposed of the contempt petition. No substantive issues were argued or decided. The judgment was delivered by Judges Sandipkumar C. More and Vaishali Patil-Jadhav.

Issues considered

Whether the contempt petition remains maintainable when it becomes infructuous.

Subjects

contempt
infructuous petition
petition disposal
court procedure

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:35680-DB


                                          1                 907 CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 174 OF 2020



                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                  BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                           907 CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 174 OF 2020
                                     1 IN WP/830/2019

                                        TORAIT SYED YUNUS

                                               VERSUS

                          THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER

                                            …..
            Adv. P. B. Kulkarni h/f Adv. M. D. Narwadkar, Advocate for the
            Petitioner
            Adv. G. A. Kulkarni, AGP for Respondents-State
                                             …..

                                       CORAM : SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE AND
                                               VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV, JJ.

                                       DATED : 11/08/2026
            Per Court:

            .          The learned counsel for the petitioner, on instructions,

            submits that nothing survives in this petition and it has become

            infructuous.


            2.         In view of the same, the contempt petition stands disposed of.




            ( VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV, J. ) ( SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE, J. )

            shivani/

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