Bombay High Court
MR. GORAKH KASHINATH NAGARE AND ANRversusMR. SOMNATH SURYABHAN JADHAV AND ORS
- Decided
- Disposal
- Disposed Off
Holding
The writ petition was dismissed as infructuous because the appeal it sought to affect had already been disposed of.
Summary
The petitioners filed a writ petition challenging a matter that had already been decided in an appeal. The petitioners' counsel informed the court that the appeal had been disposed of, rendering the writ petition moot. The court accepted this submission and held that the petition could no longer be entertained. Consequently, the writ petition was dismissed as infructuous. No substantive factual or legal issues were examined beyond the procedural status of the appeal.
Issues considered
- Whether a writ petition becomes infructuous when the underlying appeal has already been disposed of
Subjects
- writ petition
- infructuous
- appeal disposed
- procedural dismissal
Judgment
2026:BHC-AS:37565
k 1/1 73 wp 11477.19 as.doc
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION NO.11477 OF 2019
Gorakh Kashinath Nagare & Anr. ....Petitioners
V/S
Somnath Suryabhan Jadhav & Ors. ....Respondents
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Ms. Reshmarani Nathani i/b Ms. Pranita Hingmire for the Petitioners.
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CORAM : SANDEEP V. MARNE, J.
DATE : 11 SEPTEMBER 2026.
P.C.:
1. The learned counsel appearing for Petitioners, on instructions,
submits that the Appeal itself is disposed of and that the Petition is
rendered infructuous. Writ Petition is disposed of as infructuous.
(SANDEEP V. MARNE, J.)
katkam
Signed by: Sudarshan R. Katkam Page No. 1 of 1
Designation: PS To Honourable Judge
Date: 11/09/2026 19:22:11
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