Bombay High Court

RASHIDA ABDUL MAJID ANSARIversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS.

Decided: 17 June 2026
Disposal: Dissmiss For Default/Non-Prosecution
Bench: A S GADKARI KAMAL KHATA

Holding

The petition is dismissed for non‑prosecution.

Summary

Rashida Abdul Majid Ansari filed writ petition No. 3546 of 2019 in the Bombay High Court. The petitioner failed to appear for the hearing and, after 15 March 2021, neither she nor her counsel took any steps to circulate the petition. The court observed that the petitioner appeared uninterested in pursuing the relief. On the basis of this inaction, the court concluded that the petition was abandoned. Accordingly, the petition was dismissed for non‑prosecution, without any consideration of its substantive merits.

Issues considered

Whether the writ petition should be dismissed for non‑prosecution due to the petitioner’s failure to appear and to pursue the petition?

Subjects

writ petition
non-prosecution
dismissal
court procedure
petition abandonment

Judgment

DTG                                                          286-Wp.3546.2019.doc



                IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

                      CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                        WRIT PETITION NO. 3546 OF 2019

Rashida Abdul Majid Ansari                                 … Petitioner
         V/s.
The State of Maharashtra & Ors.                            … Respondents
                   _______________________________________

None for Petitioner.

Mr. Ashish I. Satpute, A.P.P. for Respondent-State.
                 _______________________________________

                            CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND
                                    KAMAL KHATA, JJ.
                            DATE  : 17th June 2026

P.C. :

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

2)              Record indicates that, after 15 th March 2021, neither the

Petitioner nor her Advocate has taken any steps to circulate the Petition, even

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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