Anil Shamandas Aswani v. State of Maharashtra and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court (Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction), Ashwin D. Bhobe, J., order dated 7th April 2026 in Interim Application No.1137 of 2026 in Writ Petition No.4923 of 2025 (Anil Shamandas Aswani v. State of Maharashtra and Anr.). Recall of automatic dismissal of a criminal writ petition occasioned by the advocate's inadvertent failure to carry out an amendment within the time fixed (order dated 24th September 2025; dismissal order dated 26th February, 2026); recall unopposed by the APP; time to carry out the amendment extended by 3 weeks. Keywords: recall of dismissal order; amendment; inadvertent mistake; extension of time; automatic dismissal; criminal writ petition.
What did the court decide?
Interim Application No.1137 of 2026 allowed: order of dismissal dated 26th February, 2026 recalled and time to carry out the amendment extended by 3 weeks.