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Bombay High Court

INDUS TOWERS LTD. , THROUGH ITS AUTHORIZED SIGNATORYversusMALEGAON MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND ORS.

Decided
Disposal
Dismissed as Withdrawn

Holding

The petition is disposed of as withdrawn.

Summary

Indus Towers Ltd., the petitioner, filed a writ petition (No.3812 of 2018) in the Bombay High Court against Malegaon Municipal Corporation and others. During the hearing, the petitioner's counsel stated that the reliefs sought had become infructuous and requested that the petition be withdrawn. The court considered the request and, finding no objection, allowed the withdrawal. Consequently, the petition was marked as disposed. No substantive merits of the dispute were adjudicated as the matter was withdrawn by the petitioner.

Issues considered

  • Whether a writ petition may be withdrawn by the petitioner when the relief sought becomes infructuous

Subjects

  • withdrawal of petition
  • writ petition
  • civil appellate jurisdiction
  • High Court of Bombay
  • disposal as withdrawn

Judgment

NISHA                 Digitally signed by
                      NISHA SANDEEP
SANDEEP               CHITNIS
                      Date: 2026.09.21
CHITNIS               15:22:02 +0530                                     902-wp.3812.2018.doc


                          IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                  CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                                        WRIT PETITION NO.3812 OF 2018

                 Indus Towers Ltd.
                 Through its Authorized Signatory
                 Ramesh Salvekar                                         ...Petitioner
                      Versus
                 Malegaon Municipal Corporation and Ors.                 ...Respondents

                 Mr. Sugandh B. Deshmukh with Mr. Aniket Kanawade and
                 Mr. Vaibhav Thorave for the Petitioner.


                                                CORAM: BHARATI DANGRE &
                                                       ASHISH S. CHAVAN, JJ.

                                              DATE     : 11th SEPTEMBER 2026
                 P.C. :

                 1.                The counsel for the petitioner is under instructions to

                 make a statement that the reliefs sought in the petition have been

                 rendered infructuous and therefore seeks withdrawal of the petition.



                 2.              In terms of the request made, the petition stands disposed

                 of as withdrawn.



                 ASHISH S. CHAVAN, J.                          BHARATI DANGRE, J.


 N. S. Chitnis                                                                            1/1


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