Bombay High Court

RAVIKUMAR SUKHDEO RAYBHOLEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS

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

Holding

The writ petition is dismissed as infructuous.

Summary

The petitioner, Ravikumar Sukhdeo Raybhole, filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench, seeking relief against the State of Maharashtra and other respondents. Over the course of the proceedings, the petitioner’s counsel informed the Court that, due to the passage of time, the relief sought no longer survived. The Court examined whether the petition remained maintainable in light of this lapse. Finding that the prayers were now moot, the Court held that the petition could not be entertained. Accordingly, the writ petition was disposed of as infructuous.

Issues considered

Whether the writ petition remains maintainable when the relief sought has become moot due to the passage of time?

Subjects

writ petition
infructuous
petition dismissed
mootness

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:16070-DB


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                     IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                 BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                              WRIT PETITION NO. 4371 OF 2017
                           RAVIKUMAR SUKHDEO RAYBHOLE
                                           VERSUS
                      THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS
                                                ...
                Shri Awasarmol Rahul O., Advocate for the Petitioner.
                Shri K.N. Lokhande, AGP for the Respondents/ State.
                Shri B.A. Shinde, advocate for respondent Nos.2 and 3.
                Dr. Pansambal Supriya L., advocate for respondent No.6.
                Shri Munde Suresh W., advocate for respondent No.7.
                                                ...


                                   CORAM : KISHORE C. SANT
                                                    &
                                              SUSHIL M. GHODESWAR, JJ.

                                   DATE : 10 April 2026


                P. C. :-

                1.           The learned advocate for the petitioner, on

                instructions from his client, informs that by passage of time, the

                prayers in petition do not survive.


                2.           The Writ Petition is disposed of as infructuous.




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

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