Bombay High Court

DEEPA TRIVEDIversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

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, Deepa Trivedi, filed a writ petition on 17 December 2019 in the Bombay High Court. No appearance was made by the petitioner or her counsel at any hearing, and the record shows that the petitioner made no effort to circulate the petition. The court observed that the petitioner appeared uninterested in pursuing the case. Consequently, the petition was dismissed for non‑prosecution. The pending interim application was also disposed of as it could not survive the dismissal of the main petition.

Issues considered

Whether a writ petition should be dismissed for non‑prosecution when the petitioner fails to appear or take steps to pursue the case

Subjects

non‑prosecution
writ petition
High Court
interim application
criminal appellate jurisdiction
petition dismissal

Judgment

DTG                                                          89-Wp.527.2019.doc



              IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

                      CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                     WRIT PETITION NO. 527 OF 2019
                                 WITH
              INTERIM APPLICATION (STAMP) NO.12894 OF 2025

Deepa Trivedi                                        … Petitioner
       V/s.
The State of Maharashtra & Ors.                      … Respondents
                   _______________________________________
None for Petitioner.
Smt. Madhavi H. Mhatre, A.P.P. for Respondent-State.
Mr. Akshay Doctor a/w Mr. Parag Sawant, Mr. Shadad Khan, Mr. B. Singh and
Mr. Aaryan Parab i/b P.S. Chambers for DS Kulkarni Developers Ltd in WP and
for Applicant in IA.
                   _______________________________________
                         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, since the date of filing of the Petition i.e. 17 th

December 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)           Petition is dismissed for non-prosecution.

4)           In view of disposal of Petition, Interim Application(ST) No. 12894

of 2025 pending therein, does not survive and is accordingly disposed off.



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

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