Allahabad High Court
KM. ANJALI AND ANOTHERversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS
- Decided
- Bench
- SANJAY KUMAR PACHORI
Holding
The petition is dismissed as not pressed, with liberty granted to the petitioners to file a fresh petition.
Summary
The petitioners, Km. Anjali and another, filed a writ petition seeking a mandamus directing the State of U.P. and others not to interfere with their peaceful marital life. After hearing, the petitioners' counsel indicated they no longer wished to pursue the present petition and sought liberty to file a fresh petition. The Court considered the withdrawal and, noting that the petition was not pressed, dismissed it while granting the requested liberty. No substantive merits on the alleged harassment were examined. The dismissal was procedural, based on the petitioners' own decision to withdraw.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriate procedural course when a petitioner withdraws a writ petition and seeks liberty to file a fresh petition?
Subjects
- writ
- mandamus
- marital life
- petition withdrawal
- procedural dismissal
- family law
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - C No. - 15359 of 2026
Km. Anjali And Another
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 3 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Pushpendra Kumar, Ramdhan
Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C.
Court No. - 76
HON'BLE SANJAY KUMAR PACHORI, J.
Shri Pushpendra Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioners and Shri
Ashwani Kumar Tripathi, learned Chief Standing Counsel for the State are
present.
The instant petition has been filed by the petitioners with a prayer to issue
writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus commanding the
respondents not to harass and interfere in the peaceful marital life of the
petitioners.
After some arguments, learned counsel for the petitioners does not want to
press this petition and wants liberty to file a fresh petition.
The petition is dismissed as not pressed with liberty as prayed for.
April 23, 2026
T. Sinha (Sanjay Kumar Pachori,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
TRIPTI SINHA
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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