Bombay High Court

BHARAT MUKTI MORCHversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS

Decided: 4 March 2026
Disposal: Disposed Off
Bench: A S GADKARI KAMAL KHATA

Holding

The petition is dismissed as infructuous due to the efflux of time.

Summary

The petitioner, Bharat Mukti Morch, filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court challenging an unspecified order of the State of Maharashtra. During the hearing, counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petition had become infructuous due to the passage of time. The respondents, represented by Smt. P.P. Shinde, did not contest this submission. The Court examined the claim of delay and found no merit in proceeding further. Consequently, the Court disposed of the petition as infructuous, effectively dismissing it without addressing the substantive relief sought.

Issues considered

Whether the writ petition is maintainable when there has been a substantial delay rendering it infructuous

Subjects

writ petition
infructuous
delay
procedural default
high court

Judgment

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                    IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

                                 CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                                  WRIT PETITION NO. 2716 OF 2015

    Bharat Mukti Morch                                             …..Petitioner

             Vs.

    The State Of Maharashtra & Ors.                                …..Respondents

                                ____________________________________

    Mr. Amol Ghurde i/by Adv. Pramod Kathane for the Petitioner.
    Smt. P.P. Shinde APP, for the Respondent-State.
                      ____________________________________

                                            CORAM :    A. S. GADKARI AND
                                                       KAMAL KHATA, JJ.
                                              DATE :   4th MARCH, 2026.

    P.C.:-

    1)               Learned counsel for the Petitioner on instructions submitted

    that, due to efflux of time present Petition has become infructuous.

    2)               Disposed off as infructuous.



               (KAMAL KHATA, J.)                           (A.S. GADKARI, J.)
             Digitally signed
             by SANJIV
SANJIV       SHARNAPPA
SHARNAPPA    MASHALKAR
MASHALKAR    Date:
             2026.03.06
             19:03:40 +0530




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