Bombay High Court

SONYABAPU LAXMAN BACHKAR AND OTHERSversusSWATI RAJARAM TAKPERE AND ANOTHER

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The petition is infructuous and is therefore disposed of.

Summary

The petitioners sought a writ challenging an order of the Civil Court that granted police protection to the respondents for a specific date, 15/03/2021. The petitioners argued that since the protected date had already passed, the petition had become moot. The respondents' reply confirmed that the police protection was indeed granted for that date. The Court examined whether the petition retained any operative purpose after the lapse of the protected date. Finding that the relief sought could no longer be granted, the Court held the petition infructuous. Consequently, the writ petition was disposed of.

Issues considered

Whether a writ petition remains maintainable when the specific relief sought pertains to a date that has already elapsed

Subjects

writ petition
police protection
infructuous
civil court order
mootness

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:37310


                          IN THE JUDICATURE OF HIGH COURT AT BOMBAY
                                     BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                             946 WRIT PETITION NO. 13591 OF 2019

                          Sonyabapu Laxman Bachkar And Others
                                         VERSUS
                            Swati Rajaram Takpere And Another
                                              ...
                      Advocate for the Petitioner : Mr. Gandhi Amol S.
            Advocate for Respondents : Ms. Bhagyashree S. Kamble h/f Mr. Bedre
                                            V. S.
                                              ...

                                  CORAM     : ROHIT W. JOSHI, J.
                                  Dated     : August 19, 2026

           PER COURT :-

           1.       The learned Advocate for the Petitioner states that vide order

           impugned in the present Petition, the learned Civil Court had granted

           police protection to the Respondent for a particular date, i.e.

           15/03/2021. The learned Advocate states that since the said date has

           already gone, the cause in the Petition has been rendered infructuous.

           2.       The learned Advocate also draws attention to paragraph No.8 of

           the reply filed by the Respondent and points out that police protection

           was in fact granted on 15/03/2021.

           3.       In view of the above, the Writ Petition is disposed of as

           infructuous.




                                                           ( ROHIT W. JOSHI, J. )

           vj gawade/-.




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