Allahabad High Court
SUDHEER KUMAR PANDEY AND 3 OTHERSversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 2 OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
The petition is dismissed as infructuous due to the lapse of time.
Summary
The petitioners, Sudheer Kumar Pandey and three others, filed Criminal Miscellaneous Writ Petition No. 7869 of 2023 before the Allahabad High Court challenging actions of the State of Uttar Pradesh and two other respondents. The petitioner's counsel, Vivek Kumar Mishra, was absent at the hearing. No interim relief had been granted earlier in the proceedings. The Court observed that the petition had become infructuous due to a substantial lapse of time (eflux of time). Consequently, the Court dismissed the petition as infructuous, without addressing any substantive merits.
Issues considered
- Whether the writ petition remains maintainable despite the lapse of time.
Subjects
- writ petition
- criminal
- dismissal
- infructuous
- lapse of time
- Allahabad High Court
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 7869 of 2023
Sudheer Kumar Pandey And 3 Others
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 2 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Vivek Kumar Mishra
Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A., Manoj Tripathi, Santosh Kr. Singh
Paliwal
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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