Bombay High Court

IRFAN HUSSAIN ILFAT HUSSAIN SHAIKHversusTHE 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 petitioner, Irfan Hussain Ilfat Hussain Shaikh, filed a writ petition in the Bombay High Court seeking relief against the State of Maharashtra. The petitioner failed to appear for the hearing and, after July 31, 2019, neither he nor his counsel took any steps to circulate the petition. The court noted that the petitioner appeared uninterested in pursuing the matter. Consequently, the court considered the lack of prosecution as a ground for dismissal. The petition was therefore dismissed for non-prosecution.

Issues considered

What is the appropriate consequence when a petitioner fails to appear and does not take steps to pursue a writ petition?

Subjects

writ petition
non-prosecution
dismissal
criminal appellate jurisdiction
Bombay High Court

Judgment

DTG                                                           124-Wp.869.2019.doc



                IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

                      CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                         WRIT PETITION NO. 869 OF 2019

Irfan Hussain Ilfat Hussain Shaikh                           … Petitioner
         V/s.
The State of Maharashtra & Ors.                              … Respondents
                    _______________________________________

None for Petitioner.

Smt. Madhavi H. Mhatre, 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, after 31st July 2019, neither the Petitioner

nor his 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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