Bombay High Court

RAFAT HUSSAIN ANSARI S/O MUSHTAQ HUSSAIN ANSARI AND ORSversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The contempt petition is deemed infructuous due to the passage of time and is therefore disposed.

Summary

The petitioners, Rafat Hussain Ansari and others, filed a contempt petition (No. 57 of 2014) against the State of Maharashtra and others. The petition was heard by the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench, with counsel P. P. Mandlik and A. S. Gandhi representing the petitioners and N. B. Patil representing the respondents. The petitioners argued that the contempt order should be set aside, but the court observed that a considerable lapse of time had occurred since the alleged contempt. The learned counsel for the petitioners conceded that the passage of time rendered the petition ineffective. Consequently, the court held that the contempt petition had become infructuous and ordered its disposal. The order was pronounced on 22 September 2026.

Issues considered

What is the effect of the lapse of time on the maintainability of a contempt petition?

Subjects

contempt
limitation period
procedural law
High Court
petition disposal

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:43415


                                            1                 911 CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 57 OF 2014



                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                  BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                            911 CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 57 OF 2014
                                      IN WP/4839/2012

             RAFAT HUSSAIN ANSARI S/O MUSHTAQ HUSSAIN ANSARI AND
                                             ORS
                                           VERSUS
                         THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS
                                              ...
            Adv. P. P. Mandlik h/f Adv. A. S. Gandhi, Advocate for the Petitioner
            Adv. N. B. Patil, AGP for Respondents-State
                                              ...

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

                                      DATED : 22/09/2026
            Order (Per Vaishali Patil-Jadhav, J. )

            .          The learned counsel holding for Mr. Gandhi submits that due

            to passage of time the contempt petition has become infructuous.



            2.         As such, the contempt petition stands disposed of as
            infructuous.




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

            shivani/

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