Vajirbhai Mangubhai Patel v. the Administrator Union Territory Administration and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Dismissal for want of prosecution (non-appearance) of a batch of 30 writ petitions of 2025 before the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Civil Appellate Jurisdiction (lead: WRIT PETITION NO.13749 OF 2025, Dipakkumar Patel vs. Administrator Union Territory and another; connected WPs Nos. 13816, 13907, 13896, 13904, 13815, 13768, 13975, 14060, 13770, 13817, 13818, 14007, 14028, 14034, 14052, 14057, 14063, 14069, 14076, 14665, 14668, 14672, 14676, 14678, 14680, 14681, 14888, 14902, 14903 of 2025). Petitions challenged Labour Court awards answering references in the negative. Coram: Manish Pitale, J. Decision date: 27 November 2025. No appearance for petitioners despite repeated call-outs and prior 'for dismissal' listing; all petitions dismissed for want of prosecution. No statute or precedent discussed; no costs or amounts awarded.
What did the court decide?
When the petitions were called out for hearing on the date of the order, there was no appearance on behalf of the petitioners.