Bombay High Court
SURESH KUMAR BALKRISHNA MODIversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA
- Decided
- Disposal
- Allowed To be withdrawn
Holding
The petition is dismissed as infructuous because the cause of action no longer subsists.
Summary
Petitioner Suresh Kumar Balkrishna Modi filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court. During the hearing, the petitioner's counsel submitted that the cause of action no longer existed, rendering the petition infructuous. The Court examined the submission and found no remaining basis to proceed. Consequently, the petition was dismissed as infructuous. No substantive merits of the case were addressed.
Issues considered
- Whether the writ petition is infructuous due to the lapse of the cause of action
Subjects
- infructuous petition
- writ petition
- High Court
Judgment
DTG 52-wp66.2019.doc
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION NO. 66 OF 2019
Suresh Kumar Balkrishna Modi … Petitioner
V/s.
The State of Maharashtra … Respondent
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Mr. Abdulla Shaikh i/b Mr. Ashok M. Saraogi for Petitioner.
Smt. P.P. Shinde, A.P.P. for Respondent-State.
_______________________________________
CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND
KAMAL KHATA, JJ.
DATE : 17th June 2026
P.C. :
1) Learned Advocate for Petitioner on instructions submitted that,
as of today, the cause of action for filing Petition does not survive and the
Petition has become infructuous.
2) Disposed off as infructuous.
( KAMAL KHATA, J. ) ( A.S. GADKARI, J. )
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