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Bombay High Court

BAGHU BUDHIYABHAI HALPATIversusUNION TERRITORY OF DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI, SILVASA AND ORS

Decided
Disposal
Disposed Off

Holding

The petition is dismissed as infructuous because the cause of action no longer survives.

Summary

Petitioner Baghu Budhiyabhai Halpati filed a writ petition challenging actions of the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and others. The Court examined whether the cause of action for the petition still existed. It concluded that the cause of action no longer survived. Consequently, the petition was held to be infructuous. The Court disposed of the petition accordingly.

Issues considered

  • Whether the cause of action for the writ petition subsists at the time of hearing

Subjects

  • infructuous
  • cause of action
  • writ petition
  • dismissal

Judgment

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                                         IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

                                               CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                                                 WRIT PETITION NO.4890 OF 2017

                         Baghu Budhiyabhai Halpati                          … Petitioner

                                  V/s.

                         Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar
                         Haveli, Silvasa & Ors.                             … Respondents



                         Mr. Bhavesh Parmar a/w Mr. Rajesh Sahani i/by Devmani Shukla for the
                         Petitioner.
                         Mr. Ashwin Thool a/w Mr. Ayush Singh and Adv. Archishmati Chandramore
                         for the Respondent-Union Territory.
                         Smt. P.P. Shinde, APP, for the Respondent-State.


                                                           CORAM :   A. S. GADKARI AND
                                                                     KAMAL KHATA, JJ.
                                                              DATE : 18th April, 2026.

                         P.C.:-

                         1)              According to us, the cause of action for filing the present

                         Petition, as of today, does not survive and the Petition has become

                         infructuous.

                         2)              Disposed off as infructuous,



                                    (KAMAL KHATA, J.)                   (A.S. GADKARI, J.)




SANDHYA by
           Digitally signed
           SANDHYA
                                                                                                        1/1
        BHAGU
BHAGU   WADHWA
WADHWA Date: 2026.04.23
           18:10:35 +0530


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