Bombay High Court

NAKUL SURESH TAMBEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF
Bench: KISHORE C SANT AJIT B KADETHANKAR

Holding

The PIL stands disposed off as infructuous.

Summary

The petitioner, Nakul Suresh Tambe, filed a public interest litigation (PIL) before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench, seeking relief against the State of Maharashtra. During the proceedings, the petitioner’s counsel informed the court that the prayers originally sought in the PIL no longer survived. The court examined whether the PIL could continue in the absence of any surviving relief. Finding that there was no longer any substantive claim or relief to be granted, the court held the petition to be infructuous. Consequently, the PIL was disposed of, and any pending civil applications related to the matter were also dismissed.

Issues considered

Whether the public interest litigation should be dismissed as infructuous due to the withdrawal of the petitioner’s prayers

Subjects

public interest litigation
infructuous
petition dismissal
civil application disposal
Bombay High Court

Judgment

                                           (1)                   937-PIL-66-2017


                 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                            BENCH AT AURANGABAD
                 937 PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO. 66 OF 2017
                                 Nakul Suresh Tambe
                                      VERSUS
                        The State Of Maharashtra And Another
                                        WITH
                        CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 8425 OF 2017
                                   IN PIL/66/2017
                                            ...
Mr. Ashwin V. Hon, Advocate for the Petitioner.
Mr. A. R. Kale, AGP for Respondent-State.
                                         CORAM : KISHORE C. SANT &
                                                    AJIT B. KADETHANKAR, JJ.

                                         DATE     : 25th JUNE 2026.

PC :-
1.           Learned Advocate for the petitioner, on instructions, informs that

now the prayers in the present Public Interest Litigation (PIL) do not

survive.

2.           Considering above, PIL stands disposed off as infructuous.

3.           In view of disposal of the PIL, pending civil applications if any, also

stands disposed off.



[AJIT B. KADETHANKAR, J.]                              [KISHORE C. SANT, J.]
D.A.ETHAPE

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