Bombay High Court

KANTILAL AMBAJI DANGDEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF
Bench: SACHIN S DESHMUKH

Holding

The petition is deemed infructuous and is therefore dismissed.

Summary

Kantilal Ambaji Dangde filed Writ Petition No. 807 of 2014 in the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench, challenging actions of the State of Maharashtra and other respondents. The petitioner’s counsel, Mr. Omkar Chate, argued that the petition should be dismissed as infructuous because of the lapse of time. The court considered the submission that the cause of action had become stale and that no relief could be granted. Relying on the principle that a petition becomes infructuous when the relief sought is no longer available, the bench held that the petition could not proceed. Consequently, the writ petition was disposed of as infructuous. No substantive merits of the underlying dispute were examined.

Issues considered

What is the effect of the passage of time on the viability of a writ petition?

Subjects

writ petition
infructuous
limitation
petition dismissed
High Court

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:34162



                                                                   73 WP807.2014
                                              -1-

                        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                  BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                              73 WRIT PETITION NO. 807 OF 2014

                               KANTILAL AMBAJI DANGDE
                                         VERSUS
                       THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS
                                             ...
              Advocate for the Petitioner : Mr. Omkar Chate h/f. Mr. S. R.
              Sapkal
              AGP for Respondent/State: Mr. P. D. Patil
              Advocate for Respondent No.4 : Mr. S. S. Wagh h/f. Mr. Shivaji T.
              Shelke
                                             ...


                                          CORAM : SACHIN S. DESHMUKH, J.
                                             Date : 06.08.2026

              PER COURT :-

              1.           Mr. Omkar Chate, learned counsel for the Petitioner

              submits that by passage of time the Petition is rendered

              infructuous.


              2.           The Writ Petition stands disposed of as infructuous.




                                                    (SACHIN S. DESHMUKH, J.)

              marathe

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