Bombay High Court

SHAFIQ OSMAN PATELversusMAHAVIR JUGRAJ ABBAD

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF
Bench: SACHIN S DESHMUKH

Holding

The petition is dismissed as infructuous due to the passage of time.

Summary

The petitioner, Shafiq s/o Osman Patel, filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench. Both parties later agreed that the passage of time had rendered the petition ineffective. Consequently, the court found the petition to be infructuous. No substantive legal arguments were advanced, and the matter was resolved solely on the basis of the parties' concurrence. The court disposed of the petition as infructuous, effectively dismissing it without further adjudication.

Issues considered

Whether the writ petition remains maintainable in view of the lapse of time rendering it infructuous

Subjects

writ petition
infructuous
passage of time
petition dismissed
court disposal

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:25839



                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY
                                 BENCH AT AURANGABAD


                              WRIT PETITION NO.10658 OF 2015


            Shafiq s/o Osman Patel                        … PETITIONER

                     VERSUS

            Mahavir s/o Jugraj Abbad                      … RESPONDENT

                                            .......
            Mr. M.G. Mustafa, Advocate for petitioner
            Mr. A.S. Jadhav, Advocate holding for
            Mr. A.S. Barlota, Advocate for R.No.1
                                            ....…

                                    CORAM : SACHIN S. DESHMUKH, J.
                                    DATE    : 2nd JULY, 2026
            PER COURT :


                        Learned counsel for the parties submit that, the parties

            are ad idem that, by passage of time, the petition is rendered

            infructuous. Accordingly, the petition stands disposed of as

            infructuous.



                                              (SACHIN S. DESHMUKH, J.)




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