Bombay High Court

CHOLAMANDALAM MS GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD THROUGH ITS MANAGERversusGANGASAGAR SIDDHODHAN GODBOLE AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF
Bench: VAISHALI PATIL JADHAV

Holding

The writ petition is infructuous and is disposed of.

Summary

The petitioner, Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Company Ltd., filed a writ petition (No. 6407 of 2026) in the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench. While the petition was pending, the trial court decided the underlying claim on 24 February 2025. The petitioner argued that the decision rendered the petition moot. The court held that since the original claim had been finally decided, there was nothing left to adjudicate in the writ petition. Consequently, the petition was declared infructuous and disposed of.

Issues considered

Whether the writ petition remains maintainable after the trial court has decided the original claim.

Subjects

writ petition
infructuous
disposal
trial court decision

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:24893

                                                                       6407.2026WP

                                                1

                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                  BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                             902 WRIT PETITION NO. 6407 OF 2026
                     CHOLAMANDALAM MS GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY
                               LTD THROUGH ITS MANAGER
                                              VERSUS
                      GANGASAGAR SIDDHODHAN GODBOLE AND OTHERS
                                                 ...
                          Advocate for Petitioner : Mr. Usmanpurkar A.S.
                                           ...
                                     CORAM : VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV,J.

                                     DATE      :    25.06.2026

                 P.C. :


                 1]          Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
                 while the present petition is pending before this Court, the
                 original claim is decided by the trial Court on 24.02.2025.
                 2]          In view of the same, nothing survives in the
                 matter. The petition is disposed of as infructuous.




                                             [VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV]
                                                      JUDGE

                 SGA

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