Bombay High Court

ASHOK YASHWANTRAO MOREversusMARATHA VIDHYA PRASARAK SAMAJ.

Decided: 12 February 2026
Disposal: Disposed Off
Bench: AMIT BORKAR

Holding

The Court held that the petition is infructuous due to the passage of time and therefore cannot be entertained.

Summary

Ashok Yashwantrao More filed a writ petition before the High Court of Bombay against Maratha Vidhya Prasarak Samaj and others. The petition was filed after a considerable lapse of time. The learned counsel for the petitioner argued that the petition should be entertained despite the delay. The Court observed that the passage of time had rendered the petition infructuous. Consequently, the writ petition was disposed of as infructuous.

Issues considered

Whether a writ petition filed after a substantial delay can be entertained or is rendered infructuous?

Subjects

writ petition
delay
infructuous
petition dismissed
High Court of Bombay

Judgment

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                                                                                   Sayali

SAYALI                        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
DEEPAK
UPASANI                               CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
Digitally signed by
SAYALI DEEPAK
UPASANI                                WRIT PETITION NO. 8026 OF 2011
Date: 2026.02.12
19:10:01 +0530


                      Ashok Yashwantrao More                        … Petitioner
                                V/s.
                      Maratha Vidhya Prasarak Samaj and
                      Others                                        … Respondents

                      Mr. Rohan Gaikwad h/f Mr. Sandeep D. Shinde, for
                      Petitioner.
                      Mr. P. V. Nelsan Rajan, AGP for State.


                                                   CORAM       : AMIT BORKAR, J.

                                                   DATED       : FEBRUARY 12, 2026
                      P.C.:

                      1.      The learned Advocate for petitioner, on instructions, states
                      that due to passage of time, the petition is rendered infructuous.
                      The writ petition stands disposed of as infructuous.



                                                                    (AMIT BORKAR, J.)




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