Petitioners sought to withdraw their writ petition after the court indicated it was not inclined to entertain it. The court permitted withdrawal, kept civil suits pending between the parties open for decision on merits, vacated interim orders if any, and disposed of the matter with no order as to costs.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 14756 OF 2025 WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 2334 OF 2025 IN WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 14756 OF 2025
Morgan Alias Morgan Hactor alias Actor Gracias and Ors.
… Petitioners
V/s.
State of Maharashtra and Ors. … Respondents
Dr. Jyoti Panickar for the Petitioners
Ms. Gauri Sawant, AGP for Respondent no.1 – State
Mr. Shriram Kulkarni a/w. Mr. Jagannath S. Pawar and Pranjal M. Khatavkar for Respondent no.2 – Society
Ms. Aditi Jagtap i/b. Smit Nagda for Respondent no.3
CORAM : FARHAN P. DUBASH, J. DATE : 23rd APRIL 2026
P.C. :
not inclined to entertain the present Writ Petition, Ms. Panickar, learned Counsel who appears on behalf of the Petitioners, sought indulgence to take instructions from her client as to whether they would like to withdraw the present Writ Petition, considering this, matter is kept at 3:00 p.m.
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------------------------------------Order dated 23rd April 2026
( FARHAN P. DUBASH, J. )
Jyoti Pawar
Digitally signed JYOTIPRAKASH by JYOTIPRAKASHPAWAR PAWAR Date: 2026.04.24 15:53:34 +0530
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------------------------------------Order dated 23rd April 2026
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the writ petition should be permitted to be withdrawn at the petitioner's request.
Morgan Alias Morgan Hactor alias Actor Gracias and Ors.
State of Maharashtra
Farhan P. Dubash
As recorded by the court registry
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