Bombay High Court

SRT ENGINEERING COMPANY PVT. LTD. THROUGH ITS MANAGING DIRECTORversusTHE 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 petition was filed on 5 February 2019 by SRT Engineering Company Pvt. Ltd. seeking relief, but the petitioner and its counsel made no effort to circulate or pursue the petition thereafter. The court noted that the petitioner appeared uninterested in continuing the proceedings. Consequently, the court considered whether the petition could remain pending without any action. It held that a petition left unattended constitutes non‑prosecution. Accordingly, the petition was dismissed for non‑prosecution. No substantive merits of the petition were examined.

Issues considered

Whether a writ petition may be dismissed for non‑prosecution when the petitioner fails to take any steps to pursue it.

Subjects

writ petition
non-prosecution
dismissal
criminal appellate jurisdiction
petition pending

Judgment

DTG                                                            113-Wp.713.2019.doc



                IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

                       CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                         WRIT PETITION NO. 713 OF 2019

SRT Engineering Company Pvt.
Ltd. Through Its Managing Director                           … Petitioner
         V/s.
The State of Maharashtra & Ors.                              … Respondents
                    _______________________________________

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

2)              Record indicates that, since the date of filing of the Petition i.e.

5th February 2019, neither the Petitioner nor its 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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