High Court of Gujarat

MOHAMMAD SOHEB ABDUL VAHID SHAIKH THRO SHAIKH ABDULKADIR ABDUL VAHIDversusPOLICE COMMISIONER

Disposal: 47-DISPOSAL IN ANY OTHER MODE FH
Bench: ILESH VORAR T VACHHANI

Holding

The petition is dismissed as infructuous because the impugned order was revoked.

Summary

The petitioner, Mohammad Soheb Abdul Vahid Shaikh, filed a Special Criminal Application before the Gujarat High Court challenging an order passed by the Police Commissioner. While the petition was pending, the authority that had issued the impugned order revoked it. The petitioner’s counsel submitted that, in view of the revocation, the petition had become infructuous and could no longer be maintained. The Court recorded this submission and held that there was no longer any controversy to adjudicate. Accordingly, the petition was disposed of as infructuous and the rule was discharged.

Issues considered

Whether a petition becomes infructuous and is to be dismissed when the order it challenges is revoked by the authority.

Subjects

Special Criminal ApplicationInfructuous petitionRevocation of orderGujarat High CourtCivil procedure

Judgment

     R/SCR.A/17269/2025                                               ORDER DATED: 19/01/2026




           IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD

        R/SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 17269 of 2025

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        MOHAMMAD SOHEB ABDUL VAHID SHAIKH THRO SHAIKH
                  ABDULKADIR ABDUL VAHID
                           Versus
                 POLICE COMMISIONER & ORS.
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Appearance:
MR GULSHAD G PATHAN(10115) for the Applicant(s) No. 1
MR. ROHAN SHAH, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 2
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  CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ILESH J. VORA
        and
        HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R. T. VACHHANI

                    Date : 19/01/2026
                     ORAL ORDER
 (PER : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ILESH J. VORA)


        Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner states that
the order impugned in the petition is revoked by the authority
and, therefore, the petition has become infructuous.

        Recording the said submission, the petition is disposed of
as having become infructuous. Rule is discharged.



                                                                        (ILESH J. VORA, J.)




                                                                     (R. T. VACHHANI, J.)
DHARMENDRA KUMAR

Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judges.
Digitally signed by: KUMAR DHARMENDRA(HC01071), GOV, at High Court of Gujarat on 19/01/2026 17:06:23




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