Bombay High Court

SHIVA TRUSTS PRATIBHATAI PAWAR COLLEGE OF PHARMACY, AHMEDNAGARversusPHARMACY COUNCIL OF INDIA, NEW DELHI

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF
Bench: KISHORE C SANT SUSHIL M GHODESWAR

Holding

The petition is disposed of as infructuous.

Summary

The petitioner, Shiva Trusts Pratibhatai Pawar College of Pharmacy, filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court. The petition was filed in 2015 and, due to the passage of time, the petitioner’s counsel informed the Court that the petition had become infructuous. The Court considered whether the petition could still be entertained. Finding that the petition was no longer viable, the Court disposed of it as infructuous. No substantive merits of the case were addressed.

Issues considered

What is the appropriate disposition when a writ petition becomes infructuous due to delay?

Subjects

writ petition
infructuous
disposal
delay

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:663-DB




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                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                    BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                                  903 WRIT PETITION NO. 9391 OF 2015

                   SHIVA TRUSTS PRATIBHATAI PAWAR COLLEGE OF PHARMACY,
                                       AHMEDNAGAR
                                         VERSUS
                           PHARMACY COUNCIL OF INDIA, NEW DELHI

              Mr.C.A.Jadhav, Advocate for the petitioner.
              Mr.S.J.Salgare, AGP for the respondent/State.

                                    ( CORAM : KISHORE C. SANT AND
                                              SUSHIL M. GHODESWAR, JJ. )

                                        DATE : 8 JANUARY, 2026


              PER COURT :


              1.              The learned Advocate for the petitioner informs this Court

              that by efflux of time, the petition has became infructuous.



              2.              The petition is, therefore, disposed off as infructuous.




                   ( SUSHIL M. GHODESWAR, J.)                   ( KISHORE C. SANT, J.)




              khs/Jan.2026/9391

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