Allahabad High Court
SMT SHIFA SALMANIversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 8 OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
The petition is dismissed as infructuous.
Summary
Smt Shifa Salmani filed a criminal miscellaneous writ petition (No. 21857 of 2025) before the Allahabad High Court against the State of Uttar Pradesh and eight others. The petitioner’s counsel was absent and no interim relief had been sought or granted. The court observed that the petition had become infructuous due to the passage of time. Consequently, the judges held that the petition could not be entertained further. The petition was therefore dismissed as infructuous.
Issues considered
- Whether a criminal miscellaneous writ petition can be entertained when it has become infructuous due to lapse of time
Subjects
- writ petition
- criminal
- infructuous
- lapse of time
- dismissal
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 21857 of 2025
Smt Shifa Salmani
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 8 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Anubhav Kumar Vats, Ashish Kumar
Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A.
Court No. - 44
HON'BLE SIDDHARTH, J.
HON'BLE VINAI KUMAR DWIVEDI, J.
1. Case is called out.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioner is not present.
3. There was no interim order passed in this case.
4. The petition appears to have infructuous by eflux of time, it, is accordingly
dismissed as infructuous.
April 23, 2026
Abhishek
(Vinai Kumar Dwivedi,J.) (Siddharth,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
ABHISHEK YADAV
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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