Suresh Ramchandra Patil v. the State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court PIL dismissed as infructuous (July 3, 2025); Public Interest Litigation No. 39 of 2005; Suresh Ramchandra Patil v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.; direction sought to recover Rs. 6,10,178/- from respondent no. 4; report of respondent no. 3 dated 20 September 2004; amount recovered during pendency per AGP submission; petitioner's affidavit-in-rejoinder paras 2 and 3; Alok Aradhe CJ; Sandeep V. Marne J; O. A. Chandurkar Additional Government Pleader; G. R. Raghuwanshi AGP; petitioner absent/unrepresented.
What did the court decide?
Since the amount in question had been recovered during the pendency of the writ petition, the issue involved in the PIL did not survive for consideration; accordingly, the PIL was dismissed as infructuous. ¶¶20