Allahabad High Court
GORAKH SINGHversusSTATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
The appeal is dismissed for want of prosecution, with liberty to file a restoration application within one month.
Summary
The appellant, Gorakh Singh, failed to appear before the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad even after a revised call. Consequently, the court dismissed the special appeal on the ground of want of prosecution. The judges, Atul Sreedharan and Siddharth Nandan, granted the appellant liberty to file a restoration application within one month if required. No substantive merits of the case were considered. The order was pronounced on March 19, 2026.
Issues considered
- Whether an appeal may be dismissed for want of prosecution when the appellant does not appear
Subjects
- civil procedure
- appeal
- restoration
- want of prosecution
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
SPECIAL APPEAL No. - 1837 of 2011
Gorakh Singh
.....Appellant(s)
Versus
State of U.P. and Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Appellant(s) : Durga Prasad Srivastava, P.N. Saxena,
Sandeep Maniji Bakhshi
Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Mahendra Pratap Yadav, Vijay
Kumar Dubey
Court No. - 2
HON'BLE ATUL SREEDHARAN, J.
HON'BLE SIDDHARTH NANDAN, J.
1. None appears for the appellant even in the revised call.
2. The present appeal is dismissed for want of prosecution with liberty
granted to the appellant to file restoration application within one month, if
need be.
March 19, 2026
R.S. Tiwari
(Siddharth Nandan,J.) (Atul Sreedharan,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
RAVI SHANKAR TIWARI
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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