Allahabad High Court
RAM KISHAN ALIAS KISHANversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS
- Decided
- Bench
- ANISH KUMAR GUPTA
Holding
The petition was dismissed as abated because the sole petitioner had died.
Summary
Ram Kishan alias Kishan filed a writ petition before the Allahabad High Court. During the hearing, counsel informed the court that the sole petitioner had died, rendering the petition infructuous. The court held that the death of the petitioner abates the proceeding. Consequently, the petition was dismissed as abated. No substantive merits of the petition were considered.
Issues considered
- Does the death of a sole petitioner render a pending writ petition infructuous and liable to be dismissed as abated?
Subjects
- writ petition
- abated
- death of petitioner
- civil procedure
- Allahabad High Court
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - A No. - 48713 of 2015
Ram Kishan Alias Kishan
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 3 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Raj Kumar Shukla, Smt.Sarita Shukla
Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C.
Court No. - 39
(Sl.No.300.74)
HON'BLE ANISH KUMAR GUPTA, J.
1. Heard Smt. Sarita Shukla, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri
P.K.Shahi, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the sole petitioner has
died. Thus, the instant petition has become infructuous.
3. Accordingly, the instant petition is dismissed as abatted.
(Anish Kumar Gupta,J.)
March 19, 2026
Ashish Pd.
Digitally signed by :-
ASHISH PRASAD
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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