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Bombay High Court

SADHAV SHIPPING LIMITEDversusJAWAHARLAL NEHRU PORT AUTHORITY

Decided
Disposal
DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The writ petition is disposed of as infructuous.

Summary

Sadhav Shipping Limited filed a writ petition challenging a blacklisting order issued by the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority. The respondents indicated that they have been instructed to withdraw the blacklisting order, making the petition moot. The court examined whether the petition could be dismissed as infructuous in view of the respondents' withdrawal. An email dated 1 October 2026 confirming the withdrawal instruction was placed on record. Accordingly, the court disposed of the writ petition as infructuous.

Issues considered

  • Whether the writ petition should be dismissed as infructuous due to the respondents' withdrawal of the blacklisting order

Subjects

  • blacklisting
  • writ petition
  • infructuous
  • port authority
  • civil procedure
  • withdrawal

Judgment

                                                                              (909)-WP-4609-26.doc

         PANCHAL

                            IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION
          Digitally
          signed by
          BALAJI
BALAJI    GOVINDRAO
GOVINDRAO PANCHAL
PANCHAL   Date:
          2026.10.03
                                      WRIT PETITION NO. 4609 OF 2026
          10:37:42
          +0530




                       Sadhav Shipping Limited                           ...Petitioner
                           Versus
                       Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority & Anr.            ...Respondents
                                                       ...
                       Mr. Prathamesh Kamath a/w Mr. Nakul Jain, Mr. Kayush
                       Zaiwalla, Mrs. Apurva Mehta (Pohonerkar) & Mr. Anuj Hande
                       i/by ANB Legal, for the Petitioner.

                       Mr. Saket Mone a/w Mr. Raghav Taneja i/by Vidhi Partners,
                       for Respondent Nos.1 & 2.
                                                       ...

                                      CORAM : MAHESH CHANDRA TRIPATHI, CJ. &
                                              ADVAIT M. SETHNA, J.

                                       DATE : 1st OCTOBER, 2026.


                       P.C.:
                       1.        Learned Counsel for the contesting Respondents

                       submits that the Respondents are already advised to withdraw

                       the blacklisting order and they are inclined to do the same.

                       2.        In view of the categorical instructions as placed

                       before us, for all practical purposes, the writ itself is rendered

                       as infructuous.

                       3.        Accordingly,   Writ    Petition   is   Disposed      Of      as

                       infructuous.


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4.        The email dated 1st October, 2026 received by the

learned Counsel for the Respondents as written instructions,

is taken on record and marked as “X” for identification.




[ADVAIT M. SETHNA, J.]                      [CHIEF JUSTICE]




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