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Bombay High Court

DARA DADIBA GOWADIAversusPOONAM CHAND POPATLAL DOSHI AND ANR

Decided
Disposal
Dismissed

Holding

The revision application is dismissed as having abated due to the death of the applicant.

Summary

The applicant, Dara Dadiba Gowadia, filed a criminal revision application (No. 295 of 2010) before the Bombay High Court. During the hearing, counsel informed the court that the applicant had passed away, leaving no surviving interest in the proceedings. The court noted that the death of a party extinguishes the right to continue a pending revision. Consequently, the court held that the application could no longer be pursued. The revision was therefore dismissed as having abated. No substantive merits of the original criminal matter were addressed.

Subjects

  • abated application
  • death of party
  • criminal revision
  • procedural dismissal
  • Bombay High Court

Judgment

                          Mamta Kale                                                                       32-revn-295-2010.docx


                            IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                 CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                                       Criminal Revision Application No. 295 of 2010
                      Dara Dadiba Gowadia                                                                  … Applicant
                           versus
                      Poonam Chand Popatlal Doshi and Ors.                                                 …Respondents
                                                 ----

                      Ms Farzana Khan i/b Mr Harshad Palwe, for the Applicant.
   MAMTA
                      Ms A A Deshmukh, APP, for the Respondent / State.
   AMAR
   KALE
Digitally signed by
MAMTA AMAR KALE
Date: 2026.01.27
14:52:26 +0530
                                                  ----
                                                        Coram: R.N. Laddha, J.
                                                                                               Date: 23 January 2026
                      P.C.:
                      .       The learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the applicant
                      informs the Court that the applicant has passed away and
                      nothing survives in this revision application.
                      2.      Accordingly, the present revision application stands
                      dismissed as having abated.


                                                                                                          (R.N. Laddha, J.)




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                                                           23 January 2026


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