Patna High Court

Shreekrishna KumarversusThe Union of India

Decided: 12 February 2026
Disposal: DISMISSED
Bench: A ABHISHEK REDDY

Holding

The writ petition was dismissed as infructuous.

Summary

Shreekrishna Kumar filed a civil writ petition in the Patna High Court against the Union of India and two officials of Bank of Baroda. The petitioner sought relief, but during the hearing his counsel submitted that the cause of action no longer existed. The court considered the submission that the petition had become infructuous. Relying on this, the court held that there was no longer any ground to entertain the writ. Consequently, the petition was dismissed as infructuous.

Issues considered

Whether the writ petition remains maintainable when the cause of action has become infructuous

Subjects

writ jurisdiction
infructuous petition
civil procedure

Judgment

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                                Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.19902 of 2025
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                  Shreekrishna Kumar, son of- Late Harangi Singh, resident of Village- Nimi,
                  P.S. Shekhopur Sarai, District- Sheikhpura, Pin Code-811103.

                                                                       ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                 Versus
             1.   The Union of India through Secretary, Department of Micro, Small and
                  Medium Enterprises, New Delhi.
             2.   Branch Manager, Bank of Baroda, Branch office- Rosarb Patna, Address- 1st
                  floor, Sayug Complex, Nehru Nagar, Patliputra, Patna, Pin Code- 800013,
                  Bihar
             3.   Authorized Officer Bank of Baroda, Regional offices at 1st Floor, Anand
                  Vihar Building, West Boring Canal Road, Patna-800001, Bihar

                                                            ... ... Respondent/s
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                  Appearance :
                  For the Petitioner/s   :     Mr.Shakti Suman Kumar, Adv.
                  For the Respondent/s   :     Mr.Vivek Prasad, Adv.
                  For the UOI                  Mr. Abhishekh Kumar, Adv.
                  ======================================================
                  CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A. ABHISHEK REDDY
                                        ORAL ORDER

2    12-02-2026                 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 is dismissed as infructuous.



                                                            (A. Abhishek Reddy , J)
Bhardwaj/-

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