Bombay High Court

AJAY VIJAY MOREversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS

Decided: 22 June 2026
Disposal: Disposed Off
Bench: SARANG VIJAYKUMAR KOTWAL ASHISH SAHADEV CHAVAN

Holding

The Court held that it may permit the petitioner to withdraw the petition and therefore disposed of it.

Summary

The petitioner, Ajay Vijay More, filed a writ petition before the High Court of Bombay. Subsequently, the petitioner’s counsel sought the Court’s permission to withdraw the petition. The issue before the Court was whether it could allow the withdrawal of a pending writ petition. The Court exercised its inherent jurisdiction to permit the withdrawal, noting that no prejudice would result to the respondents. Accordingly, the petition was allowed to be withdrawn and was disposed of.

Issues considered

Whether the petitioner may be permitted to withdraw the writ petition

Subjects

writ petition
withdrawal
court discretion
civil procedure

Judgment

                                                        1/1                     31-WP-749-26.odt

                                  IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                        CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                                            WRIT PETITION NO.749 OF 2026

                        Ajay Vijay More                                  .... Petitioner

                               versus

                        The State of Maharashtra & Ors.                  .... Respondents
                                                     …....

                        •     Ms. Ankita Naik, Advocate for Petitioner.
                        •     Ms. Gauri S. Rao, APP for the State/Respondent.

                                               CORAM      : SARANG V. KOTWAL &
                                                            ASHISH S. CHAVAN, JJ.
                                               DATE       : 22nd JUNE, 2026

                        P.C. :


                        1.              Learned counsel for the Petitioner seeks permission to

                             withdraw this Petition.



                        2.              The Petition is allowed to be withdrawn and is

                             disposed of.




          Digitally
          signed by
          MANUSHREE
                                 (ASHISH S. CHAVAN, J.)              (SARANG V. KOTWAL, J.)
MANUSHREE NESARIKAR
NESARIKAR Date:
          2026.06.29
          16:10:45
          +0530




            Nesarikar

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