Allahabad High Court
SMT. PRABHA SINGHversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 7 OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
A petition that becomes infructuous by the mere passage of time must be dismissed.
Summary
Smt. Prabha Singh filed Criminal Miscellaneous Writ Petition No. 18572 of 2025 before the Allahabad High Court against the State of Uttar Pradesh and seven others. The petition sought relief, but the petitioner's counsel was not present at the hearing. No interim order had been passed in the matter. The Court observed that the petition had become infructuous due to the mere passage of time. Consequently, the Court dismissed the petition as infructuous.
Issues considered
- Whether the petition is maintainable when it has become infructuous by lapse of time
Subjects
- petition dismissed
- infructuous petition
- limitation
- procedural law
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 18572 of 2025
Smt. Prabha Singh
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 7 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Kamlendra Tripathi, Shreesh Bahadur
Tripathi
Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A., Namit Srivastava, Vishesh
Upadhyay
Court No. - 44
HON'BLE SIDDHARTH, J.
HON'BLE SATYA VEER SINGH, J.
1. Case is called out.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioners is not present.
3. There was no interim order passed in this case.
4. The petition appears to have become infructuous by efflux of time.
5. It is, accordingly, dismissed as infructuous.
(Satya Veer Singh,J.) (Siddharth,J.)
April 20, 2026
Ruchi Agrahari
Digitally signed by :-
RUCHI AGRAHARI
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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