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Allahabad High Court

TRIVENI ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIES LTD. AND ANOTHERversusNOOR MOHD.

Decided

Holding

The writ petition is dismissed as infructuous.

Summary

The petitioners filed a writ petition under Article 227 of the Constitution before the Allahabad High Court. The petition sought relief concerning a civil appeal filed by the respondent. The respondent's civil appeal was subsequently dismissed for want of prosecution, rendering the subject matter of the writ petition moot. Learned counsel for the petitioners informed the Court that the matter had become infructuous. In view of this, the Court held that there was no longer any dispute to be adjudicated and dismissed the writ petition as infructuous.

Issues considered

  • Whether a writ petition under Article 227 can be entertained when the underlying civil appeal has been dismissed for want of prosecution, making the petition infructuous?

Subjects

  • Article 227
  • writ petition
  • infructuous
  • civil appeal
  • want of prosecution
  • High Court

Judgment

                                             HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
                                                    MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 6410 of 2015


                                    Triveni Engineering And Industries Ltd. And
                                    Another                                                   .....Petitioner(s)
                                                                       Versus

                                    Noor Mohd.
                                                                                            .....Respondent(s)

                                    Counsel for Petitioner(s)                     :   Diptiman Singh
                                    Counsel for Respondent(s)                     :   , Lalit Kumar

                                    Court No. - 9
                                                     HON'BLE ROHIT RANJAN AGARWAL, J.

                                    1. Learned counsel for the petitioners states that the matter has become
                                    infructuous as the civil appeal filed by the respondent has been dismissed
                                    for want of prosecution.

                                    2. In view of the said fact, present writ petition stands dismissed as
                                    infructuous.



                                                                                  (Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J.)
                                    September 30, 2026
                                    SK Goswami




Digitally signed by :-
SHIVAKANT GOSWAMI
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad


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