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Allahabad High Court

BRIJ PALversusSTATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER

Decided

Holding

The petition is dismissed as infructuous.

Summary

Petitioner Brij Pal filed a criminal miscellaneous writ petition before the Allahabad High Court. The petitioner’s counsel, Rajesh Kumar Tiwari, was not present during the hearing. No interim relief had been granted. The Court observed that the petition had become infructuous due to the lapse of time. Consequently, the Court dismissed the petition as infructuous.

Issues considered

  • What is the appropriate disposition when a writ petition becomes infructuous due to the passage of time?

Subjects

  • writ petition
  • infructuous
  • procedural dismissal
  • high court

Judgment

                                               HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
                                                CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 6580 of 2023

                                    Brij Pal
                                                                                                .....Petitioner(s)
                                                                       Versus

                                    State of U.P. and Another
                                                                                             .....Respondent(s)

                                    Counsel for Petitioner(s)        : Rajesh Kumar Tiwari
                                    Counsel for Respondent(s)        : G.A., Jai Singh, Rakesh Kumar Singh

                                    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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