JAGDISHBHAI VALLABHBHAI CHAUHANversusSTATE OF GUJARAT
- Disposal
- 27-WITHDRAWN @ ADM.STAGE
Holding
The Court allowed the withdrawal of the Special Criminal Application and disposed of it as withdrawn.
Summary
The petitioner, Jagdishbhai Vallabhbhai Chauhan, filed a Special Criminal Application (Parole Leave) before the Gujarat High Court seeking parole. The applicant's learned counsel, Ms. Gayatriba B. Jadeja, subsequently moved the Court for permission to withdraw the application. The Court, exercising its inherent jurisdiction, considered whether there was any impediment to allowing the withdrawal. It held that a party may withdraw a pending application unless a substantive reason exists to the contrary. Accordingly, the Court granted permission to withdraw and disposed of the application as withdrawn.
Issues considered
- Whether the Court may permit the withdrawal of a pending Special Criminal Application for parole leave
Subjects
Judgment
R/SCR.A/669/2026 ORDER DATED: 19/01/2026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
R/SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION (PAROLE LEAVE) NO. 669 of 2026
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JAGDISHBHAI VALLABHBHAI CHAUHAN
Versus
STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS.
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Appearance:
MS GAYATRIBA B JADEJA(5152) for the Applicant(s) No. 1
MR HARDIK SONI, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1
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CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE UTKARSH THAKORBHAI DESAI
Date : 19/01/2026
ORAL ORDER
Ms. Gayatriba Jadeja learned advocate for the applicant
seeks and is granted permission to withdraw the present
application.
Application stands disposed of as withdrawn.
(UTKARSH THAKORBHAI DESAI, J)
PD
Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge.
Digitally signed by: PARUL DUTTA(HCD0073), ENGLISH STENOGRAPHER GRADE TWO CLASS TWO, at High Court of Gujarat on 20/01/2026 13:41:56
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