Bombay High Court
PURSHOTTAM BHASKAR MHATREversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA
- Decided
- Disposal
- Dissmiss For Default/Non-Prosecution
Holding
The petition is dismissed for non‑prosecution.
Summary
The petitioner filed a writ petition on 18 March 2019 in the High Court of Bombay. The petitioner failed to appear for the hearing and did not take any steps to circulate the petition since its filing. The court observed that the petitioner appeared uninterested in pursuing the relief sought. No substantive arguments or evidence were presented by the petitioner. Consequently, the court dismissed the petition on the ground of non‑prosecution.
Issues considered
- Whether the writ petition should be dismissed for non‑prosecution due to the petitioner's failure to appear and pursue the case
Subjects
- writ petition
- non-prosecution
- dismissal
- court procedure
- high court
Judgment
DTG 198-Wp.1538.2019.doc
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION NO. 1538 OF 2019
Purshottam Bhaskar Mhatre … Petitioner
V/s.
The State of Maharashtra … Respondent
_______________________________________
None for Petitioner.
Mr. J.P. Yagnik, A.P.P. for Respondent-State.
_______________________________________
CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND
KAMAL KHATA, JJ.
DATE : 17th June 2026
P.C. :
1) None for the Petitioner when called out for hearing.
2) Record indicates that, since the date of filing of the Petition i.e.
18th March 2019, neither the Petitioner nor his Advocate has taken any steps
to circulate the Petition, even once.
2.1) It appears that, the Petitioner is not interested in pursuing the
Petition.
3) Dismissed for non-prosecution.
( KAMAL KHATA, J. ) ( A.S. GADKARI, J. )
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