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Bombay High Court

ANIL NARAYAN SHELKEversusVIDYA ANIL SHELKE AND ORS

Decided
Disposal
Disposed Off

Holding

The petition is allowed to be withdrawn with liberty to keep all contentions open before the trial court.

Summary

The petitioner, Anil Narayan Shelke, filed a writ petition seeking maintenance against the respondents, Vidya Anil Shelke and others. The petitioner’s counsel requested permission to withdraw the petition while preserving all of the petitioner’s contentions before the trial court, and also asked that any excess maintenance paid be adjusted. The court considered the submission and allowed the petition to be withdrawn with liberty to keep the contentions open before the trial court. It directed the trial court to decide the main maintenance application as early as possible, preferably within one year of this order. All other pending applications in the matter were disposed of.

Issues considered

  • Whether a writ petition for maintenance may be withdrawn with liberty to keep the petitioner’s contentions open before the trial court
  • Procedural propriety of adjusting excess maintenance amount upon withdrawal

Subjects

  • maintenance
  • writ petition
  • withdrawal
  • family law
  • civil procedure

Judgment

                                                                                             3-WP-3028-2025 (C).doc

                             N.S.Kamble


                                          IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                                  CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                                                  WRIT PETITION NO. 3028 OF 2025

                             Anil Narayan Shelke                          ...Petitioner
                             VERSUS
                             Vidya Anil Shelke And Ors                    ...Respondents
                             ____________________________________________________________
                             Mr.Aniket Nangare i/b Mr.Tejas Balsara, for the Petitioner.
NILAM
          Digitally signed
          by NILAM
          SANTOSH
                             Mr.Amol B. Jagtap, for the Respondent.
SANTOSH
KAMBLE
          KAMBLE
          Date: 2026.08.25
          12:12:40 +0530
                             ____________________________________________________________
                                                                 CORAM : SHIVKUMAR DIGE, J.
                                                                 DATE           : 24th AUGUST 2026

                             P.C. :

                             .              Heard learned counsel for the Petitioner and learned counsel for

                             the Respondents.

                             2.             The learned counsel for the Petitioner, on instructions, seeks

                             leave to withdraw this Petition, with liberty to keep all contentions of the

                             Petitioner’s open before the Trial Court while hearing the Petition.

                             3.             The learned counsel for the Petitioner further submitted that the

                             Petitioners maintenance amount may adjust, if excess amount is paid.

                             4.             Considering the submission of the learned counsel for the

                             Petitioner, the Petition is allowed to be withdrawn with the aforesaid liberty.

                             5.             The learned Trial Court shall decide the main maintenance

                             Application as early as possible preferably within one year, after receipt of



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this order.

6.            All pending Applications are disposed of.



                                                  (SHIVKUMAR DIGE, J.)




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