Allahabad High Court
VARSHA DEVI AND 4 OTHERSversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 2 OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
The petition is dismissed as infructuous due to the eflux of time.
Summary
Varsha Devi and four others filed a criminal miscellaneous writ petition (No. 7858 of 2023) before the Allahabad High Court seeking relief against the State of Uttar Pradesh and two other respondents. The petitioner's counsel, Santosh Kumar Shukla, was absent, and no interim orders had been passed. The court observed that the petition had become infructuous due to the passage of time. Consequently, the judges held that the petition could no longer be entertained. The petition was therefore dismissed as infructuous.
Issues considered
- Whether the writ petition is maintainable despite the lapse of time
Subjects
- writ petition
- criminal miscellaneous
- infructuous
- delay
- dismissal
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 7858 of 2023
Varsha Devi And 4 Others
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 2 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Santosh Kumar Shukla
Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A., Kalp Dev Mishra
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.
May 7, 2026
Abhishek
(Vinai Kumar Dwivedi,J.) (Siddharth,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
ABHISHEK YADAV
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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