Allahabad High Court
SMT PREMA DEVIversusREGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY KANPUR AND OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
The petition was dismissed as infructuous because the cause of action no longer survived.
Summary
Smt Prema Devi filed a writ petition before the Allahabad High Court challenging actions of the Regional Transport Authority, Kanpur and others. The petitioner’s counsel argued that the petition should be dismissed as infructuous because the cause of action no longer existed. The court considered whether any viable cause of action remained to entertain the writ. Relying on the counsel’s submission, the judges held that the petition could not proceed. Consequently, the writ petition was dismissed as infructuous.
Issues considered
- Whether the cause of action for the writ petition still subsists
Subjects
- writ petition
- infructuous
- cause of action
- administrative law
- transport authority
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - A No. - 36053 of 2002
Smt Prema Devi
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
Regional Transport Authority Kanpur And Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : A.D. Saunders
Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., M.R. Jaiswal
Court No. - 40
HON'BLE SARAL SRIVASTAVA, J.
HON'BLE SUDHANSHU CHAUHAN, J.
1. A.D. Saunders, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the
present writ petition may be dismissed as infructuous as cause of action
no longer survives.
2. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous.
(Sudhanshu Chauhan,J.) (Saral Srivastava,J.)
March 18, 2026
Arif
Digitally signed by :-
MOHAMMAD ARIF
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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