Mohd. Arshad Shaikh v. Gaurav Trading Company through Its Director, Gaurav Jaiprakash Bihani and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Section 138 NI Act complaint (SCC No.501/2017, Gaurav Trading Company v. Mohd. Arshad Shaikh); challenge to issuance of process order dated 26.05.2017; Criminal Revision No.11/2018 dismissed 11.06.2018; five-year delay in prosecution of Criminal Application No.274 of 2020; application never circulated, first listed 12.11.2025; no stay; trial at defence-evidence stage; laches/acquiescence, party "sleeping over his rights"; entertainment of quashing-type challenge refused at belated stage; liberty to resort to appropriate proceedings; Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench; Sushil M. Ghodeswar, J.; decided 19 November 2025; application dismissed.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief; liberty expressly reserved to the applicant to take recourse to appropriate proceedings if aggrieved by any further order. ¶5