Allahabad High Court
JAGVIR SINGHversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 2 OTHERS
- Decided
- Bench
- ANISH KUMAR GUPTA
Holding
The petition is dismissed for want of prosecution due to the petitioner's failure to appear.
Summary
The petitioner, Jagvir Singh, filed Writ Petition No. 40488 of 2014 before the Allahabad High Court. The petition was listed for hearing, but no representative of the petitioner appeared even after a revised call. The court noted the absence of the petitioner and proceeded to dismiss the petition on the ground of want of prosecution. The dismissal was ordered peremptorily, and any interim orders previously granted were vacated. No substantive merits of the petition were considered as the procedural default led to its dismissal.
Issues considered
- Whether a writ petition may be dismissed for want of prosecution when the petitioner fails to appear before the court.
Subjects
- writ petition
- want of prosecution
- procedural default
- civil procedure
- court dismissal
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - A No. - 40488 of 2014
Jagvir Singh
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 2 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Awadesh Tiwari, Pramod Kumar Singh
Counsel for Respondent(s) : Bushra Maryam, C.S.C., Manish Goyal,
Pramod Kumar Singh, Satish
Chaturvedi
Court No. - 39
Sl. No. 53
HON'BLE ANISH KUMAR GUPTA, J.
1. List revised. None appears on behalf of the petitioner to press this
petition even in the revised call. Today the case is listed as peremptorily.
2. Accordingly the instant petition is dismissed for want of prosecution.
3. Interim order, if any, stands vacated.
(Anish Kumar Gupta,J.)
March 18, 2026
o.k.
Digitally signed by :-
OM KRISHNA CHOUDHARY
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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