Allahabad High Court
ROHTASH AND ANOTHERversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
The petition was dismissed as infructuous due to the efflux of time.
Summary
Petitioners Rohtash and another filed Criminal Miscellaneous Writ Petition No. 6552 of 2023 before the Allahabad High Court. The petitioner's counsel, Madan Singh, was not present before the bench. No interim relief had been granted in the proceedings. The court observed that the petition had become infructuous due to the passage of time without any action. Consequently, the bench of Hon'ble Siddharth and Hon'ble Vinai Kumar Dwivedi dismissed the petition as infructuous. The dismissal was recorded on May 6, 2026.
Issues considered
- Whether a writ petition that remains unacted upon for a prolonged period becomes infructuous and liable to dismissal.
Subjects
- writ petition
- infructuous
- delay
- dismissal
- Allahabad High Court
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 6552 of 2023
Rohtash And Another
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 3 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Madan Singh
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 become infructuous by efflux of time, it, is
accordingly dismissed as infructuous.
(Vinai Kumar Dwivedi,J.) (Siddharth,J.)
May 6, 2026
Aditya
Digitally signed by :-
ADITYA KUSHWAHA
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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