Bombay High Court
AJAY S/O. VISHWANATH DEOKATTEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA
- Disposal
- DISPOSED OFF
Holding
The criminal writ petition was disposed of as there was nothing left to consider after the prior representation was decided.
Summary
Petitioner Ajay filed a criminal writ petition challenging an action of the State of Maharashtra, but did not appear before the court. The State's Additional Public Prosecutor informed the bench that the petitioner's earlier representation had already been decided and that the police station had been directed accordingly. Consequently, the court found that there was no remaining issue to be adjudicated. The petition was therefore dismissed as moot. No substantive merits of the petition were examined.
Issues considered
- What is the effect of a prior decided representation on a pending criminal writ petition?
Subjects
- criminal writ petition
- representation
- petition disposed
- procedural dismissal
- court jurisdiction
Judgment
2026:BHC-AUG:40388-DB
914 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 15 OF 2020
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
BENCH AT AURANGABAD
914 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 15 OF 2020
Ajay S/o. Vishwanath Deokatte
Versus
The State Of Maharashtra
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Adv. Lale Yelwatkar S. N. for the Petitioner - Absent
Mr. Rajdeep D. Raut, A.P.P. for State
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CORAM : SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE AND
VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV, JJ.
DATE : SEPTEMBER 02, 2026
PER COURT :
1) None appears for the petitioner.
2) Learned A.P.P., on instructions, submits that
the representation of the petitioner has already been
decided and directions have also been issued to the
concerned Police Station. In view of the same, nothing
survives in the present petition. Criminal Writ Petition,
therefore, stands disposed of.
(VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV) (SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE)
JUDGE JUDGE
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