Bombay High Court
SAMINA SHAIKH D/O HAYAT BADSHAHversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR.
- Decided
- Disposal
- Dissmiss For Default/Non-Prosecution
Holding
The petition is dismissed for non-prosecution.
Summary
The petitioner, Samina Shaikh, filed a writ petition on 22 February 2019 in the Bombay High Court. No counsel appeared for the petitioner at the hearing, and the record shows that neither the petitioner nor her advocate took any steps to advance the petition since its filing. The court observed that the petitioner appeared uninterested in pursuing the matter. Consequently, the judges dismissed the petition on the ground of non-prosecution. No substantive merits of the petition were examined.
Issues considered
- Whether a writ petition may be dismissed for non-prosecution when the petitioner fails to take steps to pursue it
Subjects
- writ petition
- non-prosecution
- dismissal
- court procedure
- high court
Judgment
DTG 141-Wp.1016.2019.doc
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION NO. 1016 OF 2019
Samina Shaikh D/o Hayat Badshah … Petitioner
V/s.
The State of Maharashtra & Anr. … Respondents
_______________________________________
None for Petitioner.
Mr. Vinod Chate, A.P.P. for Respondent-State.
_______________________________________
CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND
KAMAL KHATA, JJ.
DATE : 17th June 2026
P.C. :
1) None for the Petitioner when called out for hearing.
2) Record indicates that, since the date of filing of the Petition i.e.
22nd February 2019, neither the Petitioner nor her Advocate has taken any
steps to circulate the Petition, even once.
2.1) It appears that, the Petitioner is not interested in pursuing the
Petition.
3) Dismissed for non-prosecution.
( KAMAL KHATA, J. ) ( A.S. GADKARI, J. )
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