Bombay High Court

JIENDRA MOTWANIversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS

Decided: 17 June 2026
Disposal: Dissmiss For Default/Non-Prosecution
Bench: A S GADKARI KAMAL KHATA

Holding

The petition is dismissed for non-prosecution.

Summary

The petitioner, Jiendra Motwani, filed a writ petition in the Bombay High Court but failed to appear for the hearing and did not take any steps to circulate the petition after July 1, 2019. The court noted that the petitioner appeared uninterested in pursuing the matter. Consequently, the court dismissed the petition on the ground of non-prosecution. No substantive merits of the petition were considered. The dismissal was entered by the bench comprising Justices A.S. Gadkari and Kamal Khata.

Issues considered

Whether the writ petition should be dismissed for non-prosecution due to the petitioner's failure to appear and pursue the case

Subjects

writ petition
non-prosecution
dismissal
criminal appellate jurisdiction
Bombay High Court

Judgment

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                IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

                      CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                         WRIT PETITION NO. 675 OF 2019

Jiendra Motwani                                             … Petitioner
         V/s.
The State of Maharashtra & Ors.                             … Respondents
                    _______________________________________

None for Petitioner.

Mr. Vinod Chate, A.P.P. for Respondent-State.
                _______________________________________

                            CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND
                                    KAMAL KHATA, JJ.
                            DATE  : 17th June 2026

P.C. :

1)              None for the Petitioner when called out for hearing.

2)              Record indicates that, after 1st July 2019, 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. )




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