Bombay High Court

AMOL BHIMASHANKAR KUMAWATversusDINYAR NAVROJ JALNAWALA AND ANOTHER

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The writ petition is dismissed as infructuous.

Summary

Amol Bhimashankar Kumawat filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench, challenging an order of the Principal District Judge, Jalna. The petitioner argued that the relief sought was still required. During the hearing, counsel for the petitioner informed the court that a subsequent order had been passed by the Principal District Judge, which effectively resolved the dispute. The court considered whether the petition remained maintainable in light of that subsequent order. Finding that the petition had become moot, the court dismissed the writ petition as infructuous and also disposed of any pending civil applications. No substantive merits of the original grievance were examined.

Issues considered

Whether the writ petition remains maintainable after a subsequent order renders it moot

Subjects

writ petition
infructuous
mootness
civil procedure
dismissal

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:38479
                                                  1                         922 WP 10918-2026.odt




                           IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                      BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                                922 WRIT PETITION NO. 10918 OF 2026

                                  AMOL BHIMASHANKAR KUMAWAT
                                             VERSUS
                              DINYAR NAVROJ JALNAWALA AND ANOTHER

                                                …
             Mr. Suvidh S. Kulkarni – Advocate for Petitioner
             Mr. Prashant R. Nangare – Advocate for Respondent No.2
                                                …

                                      CORAM           : MANJUSHA DESHPANDE, J.
                                      DATE            : 25.08.2026

             PER COURT :
             1.       Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the present petition

             has become infructuous in view of the subsequent order passed by the

             learned Principal District Judge, Jalna.


             2.       The Writ Petition stands dismissed as infructuous.


             3.       Pending Civil Applications, if any, also stand disposed of.




                                                          [ MANJUSHA DESHPANDE, J. ]




             Pooja Kale/

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