Bombay High Court

SAYED AFZALUDDIN NEHRI SAYED MAZHARUDDIN NEHRIversusSALEHABEGUM SAYED QUADARODDIN NEHRI AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The writ petition is dismissed as infructuous.

Summary

The petitioner, Sayed Afzaluddin Nehri, filed a writ petition (No. 4408 of 2015) before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench, challenging certain actions of the respondents. The petition was pending for several years. During the pendency, subsequent developments occurred that rendered the relief sought by the petitioner moot. Counsel for the petitioner submitted that, in view of these developments, the petition had become infructuous. The Court accepted this submission and disposed of the writ petition as infructuous, without addressing any substantive merits.

Issues considered

What is the appropriate disposition of a writ petition that has become infructuous due to subsequent developments?

Subjects

writ petition
infructuous
dismissal
civil procedure
Bombay High Court

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:40338



                     IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY
                                  BENCH AT AURANGABAD


                              WRIT PETITION NO.4408 OF 2015


            Sayed Afzaluddin Nehri s/o Sayed
            Mazharuddin Nehri                                  … PETITIONER

                     VERSUS

            Salehabegum Sayed Quadaroddin Nehri & ors.         … RESPONDENTS

                                              .......
            Mr. A.D. Kasliwal, Advocate for petitioner
                                             ....…

                                     CORAM : SACHIN S. DESHMUKH, J.
                                     DATE      : 3rd SEPTEMBER, 2026

            PER COURT :


                         Learned counsel for the petitioner, on instructions, submits

            that, in view of the subsequent developments, the matter is rendered

            infructuous. As such, writ petition stands disposed of as infructuous.




                                                  (SACHIN S. DESHMUKH, J.)




            fmp/-

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