Bombay High Court

AJINATH SOMNATH SHELKE AND ANOTHERversusSACHIN BHASKAR SHELKE

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The writ petition is infructuous and is therefore disposed of.

Summary

Ajinath Somnath Shelke and another filed Writ Petition No. 903 of 2023 in the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench, seeking relief against Sachin Bhaskar Shelke. The petitioner's counsel submitted that the passage of time had rendered the petition infructuous. The Court considered whether the writ petition remained maintainable despite the delay. Finding that the delay made the relief sought impossible to grant, the Court held the petition to be infructuous. Accordingly, the writ petition was disposed of without any order of relief.

Issues considered

Whether the writ petition remains maintainable when a substantial lapse of time has occurred, rendering it infructuous

Subjects

writ petition
infructuous
limitation
dismissal
high court

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:46094



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                                                                      903 WP 12909 OF 2023

                           IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                      BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                                   903 WRIT PETITION NO. 12909 OF 2023

                             AJINATH SOMNATH SHELKE AND ANOTHER
                                                VERSUS
                                      SACHIN BHASKAR SHELKE
                                                   ...
                     Mr. A. S. More, Advocate for the Petitioner
                                                   …

                                              CORAM : AJIT B. KADETHANKAR, J.
                                              DATED : 1st October 2026

                     P.C. :-

                     .         Learned Advocate for the petitioner submits that by

                     efflux of time, the writ petition has become infructuous.

                     2.        The Writ Petition is disposed of as infructuous.



                                                            ( AJIT B. KADETHANKAR, J. )
                     PRW

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