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Bombay High Court

BHUSHAN PANKAJ VALIAversusUNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

Decided
Disposal
Allowed To be withdrawn

Holding

The Court may grant leave to withdraw a writ petition and dispose of it as withdrawn.

Summary

The petitioner, Bhushan Pankaj Valia, filed a writ petition seeking relief against the Union of India and others. On instructions, the petitioner’s counsel requested unconditional withdrawal of the petition. The Court granted leave to withdraw the petition. Consequently, the petition was disposed of as withdrawn. No substantive merits of the case were addressed.

Issues considered

  • Whether the Court may grant leave to withdraw a writ petition unconditionally

Subjects

  • withdrawal of petition
  • writ petition
  • criminal appellate jurisdiction
  • court discretion

Judgment

                    DTG                                                         40-Wp-5228-2018.doc



                                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

                                            CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                                             WRIT PETITION NO. 5228 OF 2018

                    Bhushan Pankaj Valia                                       … Petitioner
                               V/s.
                    Union Of India & Ors.                                      … Respondents
                                         _______________________________________

                    Mr. Nihar Khanvilkar for Petitioner.

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

                                                 CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND
                                                         KAMAL KHATA, JJ.
                                                 DATE  : 31st July 2026

                    P.C. :

                    1)                Learned counsel for Petitioner on instructions seeks leave to

                    withdraw Petition unconditionally.

                    1.1)              Leave granted.

                    2)                Disposed off as withdrawn.




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


            Digitally signed
            by
DNYANESHWAR DNYANESHWAR
TULSHIRAM   TULSHIRAM
GHUMNAR     GHUMNAR
            Date: 2026.08.06
            19:33:52 +0530




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