Bombay High Court
ANUSAYA ANIL GAUD @ ANUSAYA RAFIQ SHAIKHversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS
- Decided
- Disposal
- Disposed Off
Holding
The court condoned the 173‑day delay and allowed the application for restoration of the writ petition, subject to payment of the stipulated cost.
Summary
The applicant filed an interim application seeking restoration of Writ Petition No. 4824 of 2015, which had been dismissed for non‑prosecution on 7 March 2026. The application was presented 173 days after the dismissal, raising a question of whether such delay could be condoned. The applicant offered to pay a cost of Rs.5,000 to the Kirtikar Law Library within two weeks of the order as an undertaking to the court. The learned counsel for the respondent opposed the condonation. The bench, after considering the undertaking, held that the delay could be condoned provided the cost was paid, and allowed the application for restoration of the writ petition. Consequently, the writ petition was reinstated subject to the stipulated payment.
Issues considered
- Whether a delay of 173 days in filing an application for restoration of a dismissed writ petition can be condoned.
- Whether the applicant's undertaking to pay a cost of Rs.5,000 suffices as a basis for condoning the delay.
Subjects
- restoration of writ petition
- condonation of delay
- non‑prosecution
- cost payment
- High Court of Bombay
Judgment
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
INTERIM APPLICATION NO.3384 of 2026
IN
WRIT PETITION NO.4824 OF 2015
Anusaya Anil Gaud @ Anusaya Rafiq Shaikh … Applicant
V/s.
The State of Maharashtra & Ors. … Respondents
Mr. Pulkeshi Gaikwad a/w Adv. S. Patel, Mr. Animish D i/by Mr. Dinesh D.
Tiwari & Associates for the Applicant.
Smt. Madhavi H. Mhatre, APP, for the Respondent-State.
CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND
KAMAL KHATA, JJ.
DATE : 24th September, 2026
P.C.:-
1) This is an Application for restoration of Writ Petition No. 4824
of 2015, which was dismissed for non-prosecution by Order dated 7 th
March, 2026.
There is a delay of 173 days in preferring present Application.
2) Learned Advocate for Applicant submitted that, for
condonation of the said delay, the Applicant will pay a cost of Rs.5,000/- to
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Digitally signed
by SANDHYA
SANDHYA BHAGU
BHAGU WADHWA
WADHWA Date:
2026.10.03
12:38:13 +0530
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the Kirtikar Law Library, High Court, Mumbai, within a period of two weeks
from the date of uploading of the present Order on the official website of
the High Court of Bombay. The said statement is accepted as an
undertaking given to this Court.
3) Subject to payment of aforesaid cost within stipulated period as
noted above, delay is condoned and Application is allowed in terms of
prayer clauses (a) and (b).
(KAMAL KHATA, J.) (A.S. GADKARI, J.)
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