Decades-Old Salt Land Suit Dismissed as ‘Infructuous’ After Lease Expiry: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court delivered an important judgment on 19 March 2026 in a long-pending civil dispute concerning salt land leases. The Court dismissed a civil suit filed in 2005, holding that it had become infructuous after the expiry of the lease in 2016. The judgment was delivered by Justice Sandeep V. Marne, who emphasized that courts should not continue litigation when no real cause of action survives. Background of…
