Bombay High Court

SHOBHANA MUKUND DATEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS

Decided: 17 June 2026
Disposal: Disposed Off
Bench: A S GADKARI KAMAL KHATA

Holding

The writ petition is dismissed for non‑prosecution.

Summary

The petitioner filed a writ petition on 26 December 2019 in the High Court of Bombay. No appearance was made by the petitioner when called for hearing, and the record shows that neither the petitioner nor her counsel took any steps to circulate the petition since its filing. The court observed that the petitioner appeared uninterested in pursuing the petition. Consequently, the court dismissed the petition for non‑prosecution. As the petition was disposed of, the pending interim application (ST) No. 10104 of 2025 was also dismissed.

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
criminal appellate jurisdiction
high court

Judgment

DTG                                                           91-Wp.529.2019.doc



              IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

                     CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                    WRIT PETITION NO. 529 OF 2019
                                WITH
             INTERIM APPLICATION (STAMP) NO.10104 OF 2025

Shobhana Mukund Date                                    … Petitioner
       V/s.
The State of Maharashtra & Ors.                         … Respondents
                  _______________________________________
None for Petitioner.
Mr. Ashish I. Satpute, 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.
                  _______________________________________
                          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. 26 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. 10104

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



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


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