Bombay High Court
MOHMED FIROZ SHAMSUDDIN USMANIversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS.
- Decided
- Disposal
- Dissmiss For Default/Non-Prosecution
Holding
The petition is dismissed for non‑prosecution.
Summary
The petitioner, Mohmed Firoz Shamsuddin Usmani, filed a writ petition on 8 October 2018 in the Bombay High Court. No counsel appeared for the petitioner at the hearing and the petitioner failed to take any steps to circulate the petition thereafter. The court observed that the petitioner appeared uninterested in pursuing the relief sought. Consequently, the court considered the petition to be abandoned. The judges dismissed the petition on the ground of non-prosecution. No substantive merits of the petition were examined.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriate consequence when a petitioner fails to appear and does not pursue a filed writ petition?
Subjects
- writ petition
- dismissal
- non‑prosecution
- criminal appellate jurisdiction
- Bombay High Court
Judgment
sns 149-wp-4546-2018.doc
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION NO.4546 OF 2018
Mohmed Firoz Shamsuddin Usmani … Petitioner
V/s.
The State of Maharashtra & Ors. … Respondents
None for the Petitioner.
Mr. Vinod Chate, APP, for the Respondent-State.
CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND
KAMAL KHATA, JJ.
DATE : 12th June 2026
P.C.:-
1) None for the Petitioner when called out for hearing.
2) Record indicates that, since the date of filing of the Petition i.e.
8th October, 2018, neither the Petitioner nor his 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.)
Digitally
signed by
SUMEDH
1/1
SUMEDH NAMDEO
NAMDEO SONAWANE
SONAWANE Date:
2026.06.22
12:46:05
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