Bombay High Court

LALITA SANTOSH CHAWARIYAversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS

Decided: 17 June 2026
Disposal: Dissmiss For Default/Non-Prosecution
Bench: A S GADKARI KAMAL KHATA

Holding

The petition is dismissed for non-prosecution.

Summary

The petitioner, Lalita Santosh Chawariya, filed a writ petition in the Bombay High Court. The petitioner failed to appear for the hearing and neither she nor her counsel took any steps to circulate the petition after June 17, 2019. The court observed that the petitioner appeared uninterested in pursuing the matter. Consequently, the court dismissed the petition on the ground of non-prosecution. No substantive merits of the petition were considered.

Issues considered

Whether the writ petition should be dismissed for non-prosecution due to the petitioner's failure to appear and pursue the case

Subjects

writ petition
non-prosecution
dismissal
court procedure
failure to appear

Judgment

DTG                                                           87-Wp.516.2019.doc



                IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

                      CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                         WRIT PETITION NO. 516 OF 2019

Lalita Santosh Chawariya                                     … Petitioner
         V/s.
The State of Maharashtra & Ors.                              … Respondents
                    _______________________________________

None for Petitioner.

Mr. J.P. Yagnik, A.P.P. for Respondent-State.
                  _______________________________________

                            CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND
                                    KAMAL KHATA, JJ.
                            DATE  : 17th June 2026

P.C. :

1)              None for the Petitioner when called out for hearing.

2)              Record indicates that, after 17th June 2019, neither the Petitioner

nor her 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. )




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