Bombay High Court

HAMIDKHAN SARWARKHAN PATELversusOSMANKHAN SARWARKHAN PATEL AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The writ petition stands disposed of as infructuous.

Summary

Hamidkhan Sarwarkhan Patel filed Writ Petition No. 8979 of 2015 before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench, challenging certain actions of Osmankhan Sarwarkhan Patel and others. The petitioner’s counsel argued that the passage of time had rendered the issues in the petition infructuous. The Court examined whether the petition could still be entertained despite the alleged lapse of time. It held that the petition had become infructuous due to the delay. Consequently, the Court disposed of the writ petition as infructuous.

Issues considered

Whether the writ petition is maintainable in view of the passage of time?

Subjects

writ petition
infructuous
limitation
procedural law

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:38962



                                                                    89 WP No.8979.2015
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                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                  BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                               WRIT PETITION NO. 8979 OF 2015

                                 HAMIDKHAN SARWARKHAN PATEL
                                           VERSUS
                            OSMANKHAN SARWARKHAN PATEL AND OTHERS
                                                ***
              Advocate for the Petitioner : Mr. B. R. Kedar
                                                ***

                                  CORAM : SACHIN S. DESHMUKH, J.
                                    Date : 28th August, 2026

              PER COURT :-


              1.             The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that by

              passage of time, the issues involved in the petition have become

              infructuous.



              2.             In view of the above, the writ petition stands disposed

              of as infructuous.



                                                       (SACHIN S. DESHMUKH, J.)



              Omkar Joshi

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