Bombay High Court
AKHTAR HASAN RIZVIversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS
- Decided
- Disposal
- Allowed To be withdrawn
Holding
The petition is disposed of as infructuous because the cause of action no longer survives.
Summary
The petitioner, Akhtar Hasan Rizvi, filed a writ petition in the Bombay High Court. During the hearing, the petitioner's counsel submitted that subsequent events had eliminated the cause of action for the petition. The court examined the submission and found that the petition no longer had any substantive ground. Consequently, the court disposed of the petition as infructuous. No substantive merits of the case were addressed.
Issues considered
- Whether the writ petition remains maintainable in view of subsequent events that extinguish the cause of action
Subjects
- writ petition
- infructuous
- cause of action
- disposal
Judgment
TRUPTI
SADANAND
BAMNE
Digitally signed
by TRUPTI
SADANAND
BAMNE
TSB 3-wp-2088-2026.doc
Date: 2026.10.05
11:17:02 +0530
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION NO. 2088 OF 2026
Akhtar Hasan Rizvi … Petitioner
V/s.
The State of Maharashtra & Ors. … Respondents
Mr. Mahesh Mishra a/w. Mr. Shafiquddin Siddique for the Petitioner.
Mr. Ajay S. Patil, APP, for the Respondent-State.
CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND
KAMAL KHATA, JJ.
DATE : 29th September, 2026
P.C.:-
1) Learned Advocate for the Petitioner on instructions submitted
that, due to subsequent events the cause of action for filing of present
Petition does not survive.
2) Petition is accordingly disposed off as infructuous.
(KAMAL KHATA, J.) (A.S. GADKARI, J.)
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