Bombay High Court

UMASHANKAR PADMANABH SHETTIGARversusM/S GOODYEAR SOUTH ASIA TYRES PVT LTD.

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF
Bench: SACHIN S DESHMUKH

Holding

The writ petition is dismissed for want of prosecution.

Summary

The petitioner, Umashankar Padmanabh Shettigar, filed Writ Petition No. 5506 of 2006 in the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench, challenging M/s Goodyear South Asia Tyres Pvt Ltd. The petition was listed for hearing on 13 July 2026, but the learned counsel for the petitioner was absent. The court recorded the absence and noted that no steps had been taken to prosecute the petition. Under established procedural principles, a petition may be dismissed where the petitioner fails to pursue it. Accordingly, Justice Sachin S. Deshmukh dismissed the writ petition for want of prosecution. No merits of the substantive dispute were examined, and the dismissal was entered on 27 July 2026.

Issues considered

Whether the writ petition should be dismissed for want of prosecution due to the petitioner’s counsel’s non‑appearance?

Subjects

writ petition
dismissal for want of prosecution
procedural law
court procedure
non-appearance of counsel

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:31129



                                                                    29 WP5506.2006
                                               -1-

                     IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                               BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                             29 WRIT PETITION NO. 5506 OF 2006

                         UMASHANKAR PADMANABH SHETTIGAR
                                       VERSUS
                        M/S GOODYEAR SOUTH ASIA TYRES PVT LTD.
                                         ...

                                          CORAM : SACHIN S. DESHMUKH, J.
                                             Date : 27.07.2026

              PER COURT :-

              1.         On 13.07.2026, recording absence of the learned

              counsel for the Petitioner, the matter is listed for dismissal today.

              Even today, none present.


              2.         As such, the Writ Petition stands dismissed for want of

              prosecution.




                                                     (SACHIN S. DESHMUKH, J.)

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