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Allahabad High Court

SMT INDRA DEVI @ LAXMI DEVI AND 4 OTHERSversusSUMIT @ KALLU MINOR AND 2 OTHERS

Decided

Holding

The petition is dismissed for want of prosecution.

Summary

The petitioners filed a petition under Article 227 of the Constitution seeking relief against the respondents. No counsel appeared on behalf of the petitioners to press the petition. Consequently, the Court found that the petition was not being prosecuted. The petition was dismissed for want of prosecution, and any interim orders that may have been in force were vacated.

Issues considered

  • What is the appropriate course of action when a petition is not prosecuted before the Court?

Subjects

  • Article 227
  • petition dismissed
  • want of prosecution
  • interim order vacated

Judgment

                                             HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
                                                MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 11168 of 2024

                                    Smt Indra Devi @ Laxmi Devi And 4 Others
                                                                                                 .....Petitioner(s)
                                                                           Versus

                                    Sumit @ Kallu Minor And 2 Others
                                                                                               .....Respondent(s)

                                    Counsel for Petitioner(s)              : Mata Achal Mishra, Vinay Mishra
                                    Counsel for Respondent(s)              :


                                    Court No. - 35
                                            HON'BLE DR. YOGENDRA KUMAR SRIVASTAVA, J.

                                    Case called out in the revised list.

                                    None appears for the petitioners to press the petition.

                                    Petition is, accordingly, dismissed for want of prosecution.

                                    Interim order, if any, stands vacated.


                                                                             (Dr. Yogendra Kumar Srivastava,J.)
                                    April 23, 2026
                                    RKK/-




Digitally signed by :-
RAJ KUMAR KANNAUJIA
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad


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