Bombay High Court
SANJAY RAMESH BHALERAOversusTHE HON'BLE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA THROUGH SECRETARY GENERAL AND ORS.
- Decided
- Disposal
- Dissmiss For Default/Non-Prosecution
Holding
The petition is dismissed for non-prosecution.
Summary
The petitioner filed a writ petition on 10 December 2018 but failed to appear at any subsequent hearing. No steps were taken by the petitioner or his counsel to circulate or pursue the petition. The court noted the petitioner's apparent lack of interest in continuing the proceedings. Consequently, the judges dismissed the petition on the ground of non-prosecution. The dismissal was recorded without any substantive examination of the merits.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriate consequence when a petitioner fails to prosecute a writ petition?
Subjects
- writ petition
- non-prosecution
- dismissal
- criminal appellate jurisdiction
- Bombay High Court
Judgment
Sbw 205-wp-5632-2018.doc
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION NO.5632 OF 2018
Sanjay Ramesh Bhalerao … Petitioner
V/s.
The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India
Through Secretary General & Ors. … Respondents
None for the Petitioner.
Smt. Madhavi H. Mhatre, APP, for the Respondent-State.
CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND
KAMAL KHATA, JJ.
DATE : 12th June 2026
P.C.:-
1) None appears for Petitioner, when called out for hearing.
2) Record indicates that, since the date of filing of the Petition i.e.
10th December, 2018, neither the Petitioner nor his 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.)
Digitally signed
by SANDHYA
SANDHYA BHAGU
WADHWA
BHAGU Date: 1/1
WADHWA 2026.06.22
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