Bombay High Court

SUNITA RAMA KHUDEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF
Bench: KISHORE C SANT SUSHIL M GHODESWAR

Holding

The petition is dismissed for want of prosecution.

Summary

The petitioner, Sunita Rama Khude, filed a writ petition in the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad bench. The Court had previously ordered on 27 March 2026 that failure to appear on the next date would result in dismissal for want of prosecution. The petitioner did not appear on the scheduled date of 10 April 2026, indicating loss of interest in pursuing the petition. The Court therefore dismissed the writ petition for want of prosecution. No substantive merits of the petition were considered. The dismissal was based solely on procedural non‑compliance.

Issues considered

Whether a writ petition may be dismissed for want of prosecution when the petitioner fails to appear despite a specific court order

Subjects

writ petition
dismissal
want of prosecution
procedural default
court order

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:15949-DB


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                     IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                 BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                              WRIT PETITION NO. 3376 OF 2017
                                     SUNITA RAMA KHUDE
                                            VERSUS
                       THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS
                                                ...
                None for the Petitioner.
                Shri S.J. Salgare, AGP for the Respondents/ State.
                                                ...
                                    CORAM : KISHORE C. SANT
                                                     &
                                              SUSHIL M. GHODESWAR, JJ.

                                   DATE : 10 April 2026
                P. C. :-

                1.           This Court on 27.03.2026 had passed the order in

                clear terms that if none appears for the petitioner on next date,

                this Court would be constrained to dismiss the petition for want

                of prosecution.


                2.           Inspite of this specific order, none appears for the

                petitioner today. It appears that the petitioner has lost interest in

                prosecuting the petition.


                3.           The Writ Petition, therefore, stands dismissed for

                want of prosecution.


        kps     (SUSHIL M. GHODESWAR, J.)               (KISHORE C. SANT, J.)

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