Mohd. Umar Yusuf Shaikh @ Salman v. the State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Purely procedural adjournment order of the Bombay High Court, Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction, dated 19 December 2025, in Criminal Appeal No. 246 of 2020 with Interim Application No. 4498 of 2025 (Mohd. Umar Yusuf Shaikh @ Salman and Anr. v. State of Maharashtra) and Criminal Appeal No. 178 of 2020 with Interim Application No. 1167 of 2025 (Asif Sayyed Abdul Kadar S Sayyed @ Raju v. State of Maharashtra). Hearing deferred because the Registry had not placed the appeal/application papers before the Bench of Revati Mohite Dere and Sandesh D. Patil, JJ.; matter stood over to 16 January 2026 with directions to the Registry. Counsel: Jagdish Shetty with M. A. Shaikh for appellants; P. P. Shinde, Addl. P.P., for the State. No statute, precedent, issue or merits holding appears in the order.
What did the court decide?
As the Registry had not placed copies of the Appeals/Applications before the Court, the hearing could not proceed; the matters were stood over to 16th January, 2026, with the Registry directed to ensure the papers of the Appeals/Applications are placed before the Court on the next date.