Patna High Court

ICICI Bank Ltd.versusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 21 January 2026
Disposal: WITHDRAWN
Bench: A ABHISHEK REDDY

Holding

The writ petition is dismissed as it has become infructuous.

Summary

ICICI Bank Ltd. filed a civil writ petition in the Patna High Court against the State of Bihar, the District Magistrate of Purnia, and the In‑Charge Officer of the District Certificate Section, Purnia. The petitioner’s counsel submitted that the cause of action no longer existed and the petition had become infructuous. The Court considered the submission and found that there was no longer any live dispute to adjudicate. Consequently, the writ petition was dismissed as infructuous. No substantive merits of the original claim were examined.

Issues considered

What is the appropriate judicial response when a writ petition becomes infructuous?

Subjects

writ jurisdiction
infructuous petition
petition dismissal
Civil writ
High Court

Judgment

                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                                 Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.16920 of 2025
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                  ICICI Bank Ltd. having its Registered Office at ICICI Bank Tower, Near
                  Chakli Circle, Old Padra Road, Vadodara-390007 and Zonal Office at 2nd and
                  3rd Floor, Gulab Palace, Near Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir, East Boring
                  Canal Road, Patna-800001 represented through its Relationship Manager and
                  authorized representative Mr. Amit Verma @ Amit Kumar Verma, Male, aged
                  about 33 years, S/o Ratan Prasad Verma, R/o NGO-06, Block Colony, Court
                  Campus, Ward No. 01, District-Gumla-835207.
                                                                            ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                     Versus
            1.     The State of Bihar through Principal Secretary, General Administration,
                   Government of Bihar, New Secretariat, Baily Road, Patna-800014.
            2.    The District Magistrate, Purnia.
            3.     The In-Charge Officer, District Certificate Section, Purnia.
                                                                              ... ... Respondent/s
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                  Appearance :
                  For the Petitioner/s   :       Mr. Manindra Kishore Singh, Advocate.
                  For the Respondent/s   :       Mr. Standing Counsel (28)
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                  CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A. ABHISHEK REDDY
                                     ORAL ORDER

2    21-01-2026                   Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner

                    submits that the cause in the present writ petition does not

                    survive and the same has become infructuous.

                                  2. Having regard to the above made submission, the

                    present writ petition stands dismissed as having become

                    infructuous.



                                                      (A. Abhishek Reddy, J)
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