Allahabad High Court
SMT. SANJA DEVIversusSTATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
The writ petition is dismissed for want of prosecution due to repeated adjournments caused by the petitioner's counsel.
Summary
The petitioner, Smt. Sanja Devi, filed a writ petition in 2011 before the Allahabad High Court. The petitioner's counsel repeatedly sought adjournments, submitting illness slips on 11-02-2020, 19-02-2026, and again on the day of a peremptory hearing. The court noted that the petition concerned events from 2011 and that the counsel's repeated absences were causing undue delay. Despite the peremptory listing, the judges refused further adjournment. Consequently, the writ petition was dismissed for want of prosecution.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriate procedural response when a petitioner's counsel repeatedly seeks adjournments, causing delay in a writ petition?
Subjects
- procedural law
- writ petition
- adjournment
- want of prosecution
- civil procedure
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - C No. - 12921 of 2011
Smt. Sanja Devi
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State of U.P. and Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Kaushal Kumar Singh, S.A. Imam,
Suneel Rai
Counsel for Respondent(s) : Anuj Srivastava, C.S.C., Ramendra
Pratap Singh
Court No. - 40
HON'BLE SARAL SRIVASTAVA, J.
HON'BLE SUDHANSHU CHAUHAN, J.
1. Sri Kaushal Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner, has
submitted illness slips on the last two dates, i.e., 11.02.2020 and
19.02.2026. On both occasions, the case was adjourned on account of the
illness of the learned counsel for the petitioner.
2. The matter is listed peremptorily today, Sri Kaushal Kumar Singh has
sen an illness slip again.
3. Since the writ petition pertains to the year 2011 and repeated illness
slips have been sent by Sri Kaushal Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the
petitioner, we are not inclined to adjourn the case as the matter has been
listed peremptorily.
4. The writ petition is dismissed for want of prosecution.
5. Sri Anuj Srivastava, learned counsel for the respondents is present.
(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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