Allahabad High Court
M/S GAGAN ENT UDYOGversusSTATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER
- Decided
- Bench
- AVNISH SAXENA
Holding
A writ petition that is not pressed by the petitioner may be dismissed.
Summary
M/s Gagan Ent Udyog filed Criminal Miscellaneous Writ Petition No. 17206 of 2012 before the Allahabad High Court. The petitioner, through counsel, later informed the court that it did not wish to contest the case. The court examined the petitioner's request to withdraw the proceedings. Since the petitioner expressed that the petition was not being pressed, the court held that there was no basis to continue the petition. Accordingly, the writ petition was dismissed.
Issues considered
- Whether a writ petition may be dismissed when the petitioner does not wish to contest the case
Subjects
- writ petition
- withdrawal
- dismissal
- high court
- criminal miscellaneous
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 17206 of 2012
M/S Gagan Ent Udyog
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State of U.P. and Another
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Neeraj Dube, Shakti Dhar Dube
Counsel for Respondent(s) : Govt. Advocate
Court No. - 78
HON'BLE AVNISH SAXENA, J.
1. Sri Aditya Dubey, learned counsel holding brief appeared for the
petitioner and submits that the petitioner does not want to contest the
case.
2. In view of the above, statement made by learned counsel for the
petitioner, the writ petition is dismissed as not pressed.
(Avnish Saxena,J.)
March 19, 2026
Abhishek Sri.
Digitally signed by :-
ABHISHEK RANJAN SRIVASTAVA
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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