Bombay High Court

JITESH GHEWARCHAND JOGANIversusUNION OF INDIA THROUGH PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT

Decided: 13 January 2026
Disposal: DISMISSED
Bench: M S KARNIK S M MODAK

Holding

The petition is dismissed for non‑prosecution.

Summary

Jitesh Ghewarchand Jogani filed Writ Petition No. 821 of 2024 in the Bombay High Court. No counsel appeared for the petitioner on the scheduled hearing date of 12 January 2026, and the petitioner did not appear when the matter was listed for dismissal on 13 January 2026. The court noted that the petitioner seemed uninterested in prosecuting the petition. Consequently, the court dismissed the petition on the ground of non‑prosecution. No substantive merits of the petition were considered.

Issues considered

What is the appropriate course of action when a petitioner fails to appear and does not prosecute a filed writ petition?

Subjects

writ petition
dismissal
non-prosecution
civil procedure
high court

Judgment

                                                           903-wp 821-24.doc

            IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                   ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION

                      WRIT PETITION NO. 821 OF 2024

Jitesh Ghewarchand Jogani                                 … Petitioner
        Versus
Union of India & Ors.                                     ... Respondents

                        __________________________

None for the Petitioner.
Ms. Gauri Sawant, AGP for the Respondent-State.
                       __________________________

                                      CORAM       : M. S. KARNIK AND
                                                    S. M. MODAK, JJ.
                                      DATED       : 13th JANUARY, 2026.

P.C. :

         None had appeared for the Petitioner on 12th January, 2026. The

matter was listed today under the caption ‘for dismissal’. Today also there

is no appearance on behalf of the Petitioner when called out for hearing. It

appears that the Petitioner is not interested in prosecuting the Petition.

The Petition is dismissed for non prosecution.



(S. M. MODAK, J.)                                        (M. S. KARNIK, J.)




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