Bombay High Court

M/S. ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LTD.versusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Decided: 18 April 2026
Disposal: Allowed To be withdrawn
Bench: A S GADKARI KAMAL KHATA

Holding

The petition is dismissed for non‑prosecution.

Summary

M/s. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. filed a writ petition in the Bombay High Court. The petitioner failed to appear for the hearing and, after 27 January 2025, did not take any steps to circulate the petition. The court observed that the petitioner appeared uninterested in pursuing the matter. On this basis, the court held that the petition could be dismissed for non‑prosecution. The petition was therefore dismissed.

Issues considered

Whether a writ petition may be dismissed for non‑prosecution when the petitioner fails to appear and does not take steps to pursue the petition?

Subjects

writ petition
non‑prosecution
dismissal
criminal appellate jurisdiction
Bombay High Court

Judgment

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                IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

                      CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                        WRIT PETITION NO.1934 OF 2014

M/s. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd.                     … Petitioner

         V/s.

The State of Maharashtra                                    … Respondent



Mr. Abdullah Shah i/b Adv. Ashok M. Saraogi for the Petitioner.
Mr. J.P. Yagnik, APP for the Respondent-State.


                                   CORAM :       A. S. GADKARI AND
                                                 KAMAL KHATA, JJ.
                                     DATE :      18th April, 2026

P.C.:-

1)              None for Petitioner, when called out for hearing.

2)              Record indicates that, after 27th January, 2025 Petitioner

and/or its Advocate has not taken any steps to circulate the Petition, even

for 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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