Bombay High Court

MR.BHAILAL BABU SOLANKI AND ANR.versusUNION OF INDIA THROUGH GENERAL MANAGER WESTERN RAILWAY

Decided: 8 January 2026
Disposal: Dismissed
Bench: ARIF S DOCTOR

Holding

The appeal is dismissed for want of prosecution.

Summary

The appellants, Mr. Bhailal Babu Solanki and another, filed a first appeal against the Union of India (Western Railway). No counsel appeared for the appellants on the scheduled hearing date of 15 January 2020, nor on the subsequent hearing on 8 January 2026. The court noted that the appellants were not desirous of prosecuting the appeal. Accordingly, the court dismissed the appeal for want of prosecution. No substantive merits of the dispute were considered.

Issues considered

Whether the appeal should be dismissed for want of prosecution due to non‑appearance of the appellants?

Subjects

civil procedure
dismissal
want of prosecution
appellate jurisdiction
non-appearance

Judgment

                                        1/1                20-FA-495-2018 (C).DOC



                 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                    ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION
                         CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION


                         FIRST APPEAL NO. 495 OF 2018


Mr.bhailal Babu Solanki And Anr.                                     ...Appellants
        Versus
Union Of India Through General Manager Western Railway               ...Respondent
                                     _______
None present for the Appellants.
                                     _______
                            CORAM        :      ARIF S. DOCTOR, J.
                            DATE         :      8th JANUARY, 2026


P.C.


1.      None has appeared for the Appellants.

2.      The previous order also shows that none had appeared for the Appellants,

when the matter was listed on 15 th January, 2020.

3.      Hence, it is clear that the Appellants are not desirous of prosecuting the

First Appeal, the same is thus dismissed for want of prosecution.




                                                 [ARIF S. DOCTOR, J.]




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