Allahabad High Court

PRIYA KASHYAP AND ANOTHERversusTHE STATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS

Decided: 5 May 2026
Bench: SANJAY KUMAR PACHORI

Holding

The writ petition is dismissed as not pressed.

Summary

Petitioners Priya Kashyap and another filed a writ petition before the Allahabad High Court challenging actions of the State of U.P. and three others. Their counsel submitted that the petitioners' parents had agreed to and recognized their marriage and that there was no threat to the petitioners' lives. The petitioners later expressed that they did not wish to pursue the petition and requested its dismissal as not pressed. The court considered the submission that the petition was no longer being pursued. Accordingly, the High Court dismissed the writ petition on the ground that it was not pressed. No substantive merits of the petition were examined.

Issues considered

Whether the writ petition should be dismissed on the ground that it is not pressed by the petitioners

Subjects

writ petition
dismissal
not pressed
marriage recognition
civil procedure

Judgment

                                                  HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

                                                                WRIT - C No. - 13028 of 2026

                                    Priya Kashyap And Another
                                                                                                            .....Petitioner(s)
                                                                             Versus
                                    The State Of U.P. And 3 Others
                                                                                                          .....Respondent(s)

                                    Counsel for Petitioner(s)            :   Neha Rani, Pawan Kumar Yadav, Ramesh
                                                                             Chandra, Satyvendra Singh Yadav
                                    Counsel for Respondent(s)            :   C.S.C.

                                    Court No. - 76
                                                       HON'BLE SANJAY KUMAR PACHORI, J.

                                    Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the parents of the petitioners are
                                    agreed and recognized the marriage of the petitioners and there is no apprehension of
                                    danger to the life of the petitioners.

                                    Learned Counsel for the petitioners submits that he does not want to press this petition
                                    and it may be dismissed as not pressed.

                                    Accordingly, the present writ petition is dismissed as not pressed.

                                    May 6, 2026
                                    A.
                                                                                               (Sanjay Kumar Pachori,J.)




Digitally signed by :-
AFAQ AHMAD
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad

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