Bombay High Court
SUNIL MANGILAL JAINversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS.
- Decided
- Disposal
- Dissmiss For Default/Non-Prosecution
Holding
The writ petition was dismissed for non‑prosecution and the interim application was disposed of.
Summary
Sunil Mangilal Jain filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court challenging actions of the State of Maharashtra. The petitioner failed to appear for the hearing and, after February 1, 2021, neither he nor his counsel took any steps to advance the petition. The court observed that the petitioner appeared uninterested in pursuing the relief sought. Consequently, the writ petition was dismissed for non‑prosecution, and the related interim application was also disposed of as it could not survive the dismissal. No substantive merits of the petition were considered.
Issues considered
- Whether a writ petition may be dismissed for non‑prosecution when the petitioner fails to appear and take steps to pursue it
- Whether an interim application pending on a dismissed writ petition continues to survive
Subjects
- writ petition
- non‑prosecution
- dismissal
- interim application
- criminal appellate jurisdiction
- Bombay High Court
Judgment
ssm 41-wp585.2021.doc
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION NO. 585 OF 2021
WITH
INTERIM APPLICATION NO.2709 OF 2021
Sunil Mangilal Jain …..Petitioner
Vs.
The State Of Maharashtra & Ors. …..Respondents
____________________________________
None for the Petitioner.
Smt. P.P. Shinde APP, for the Respondent-State.
____________________________________
CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND
KAMAL KHATA, JJ.
DATE : 29th AUGUST, 2026.
P.C.:-
1) None for the Petitioner when called out for hearing.
2) Record indicates that, after 1st February, 2021, 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.
4) In view of dismissal of Writ Petition, Interim Application No.2709
of 2021, does not survive and is also disposed off.
(KAMAL KHATA, J.) (A.S. GADKARI, J.)
Digitally signed
by SANJIV
SANJIV SHARNAPPA
SHARNAPPA MASHALKAR 1/1
MASHALKAR Date:
2026.09.07
17:01:06 +0530
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