Bombay High Court

MAHENDRA NARSINGRAO BHUGGEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The petition is dismissed for want of prosecution due to the petitioner’s failure to appear.

Summary

Mahendra Narsingrao Bhugge filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench. The petitioner’s counsel was absent on the scheduled hearing date of 3 August 2026 and remained absent thereafter. The court recorded the absence and, invoking the principle that a petition must be prosecuted, ordered the petition to be dismissed for want of prosecution. No substantive merits of the petition were considered. The dismissal was entered as a procedural measure due to the petitioner’s failure to appear or present counsel.

Issues considered

What is the appropriate consequence when a petitioner fails to appear or prosecute a writ petition before the High Court?

Subjects

writ petition
dismissal
want of prosecution
procedural law
high court

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:37202
                                                 1                    57-WP-7077-14.odt




                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                  BENCH AT AURANGABAD


                                WRIT PETITION NO. 7077 OF 2014

                                MAHENDRA NARSINGRAO BHUGGE
                                            VERSUS
                           THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS
                                               ...
                            AGP for Respondent No.1 : Mr. V. M. Jaware
                      Advocate for Respondents No.2 and 3 : Mr. P. R. Tandale
                                               ...

                                          CORAM :        SACHIN S. DESHMUKH, J.
                                          DATE       :   17-08-2026
                PER COURT:-

                1.    Recording absence of the counsel for the petitioner on

                03.08.2026, the matter was posted for dismissal.       Even today,

                nobody is present for the petitioner. As such, the writ petition

                stands dismissed for want of prosecution.




                                                 [SACHIN S. DESHMUKH]
                                                         JUDGE

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