Allahabad High Court
NARENDRA KUMAR SHARMA AND ANOTHERversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 2 OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
The writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous.
Summary
Petitioners Narendra Kumar Sharma and another filed a writ petition before the Allahabad High Court. During the hearing, the petitioners' counsel submitted that no cause of action survived, rendering the petition infructuous. The respondents' counsel raised no objection to this submission. The Court considered whether the petition retained any substantive ground for relief. Finding that the petition was indeed infructuous, the Court dismissed it. The dismissal was recorded on May 5, 2026.
Issues considered
- Whether the writ petition remains maintainable or has become infructuous due to the absence of a surviving cause of action
Subjects
- writ petition
- infructuous
- cause of action
- dismissal
- High Court
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - C No. - 35701 of 2025
Narendra Kumar Sharma And Another
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 2 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Gajala Srivastava, Harsh Srivastava, Manish
Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Ishwar Kumar Upadhyay, Manoj
Kumar Singh
Court No. - 21
HON'BLE MAHESH CHANDRA TRIPATHI, J.
HON'BLE KUNAL RAVI SINGH, J.
1. Heard Sri Harsh Srivastava, learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri Nitish Kumar
Singh holding brief of Sri Manoj Kumar Singh, learned counsel for respondent no.2
and Sri Fuzail Ahmad Ansari, learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioners on the instructions submits that no cause of
action survives, therefore, the instant writ petition may be dismissed as infructuous.
3. Learned counsel for the respondents have no objection to the same.
4. Accordingly, the instant writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous.
May 5, 2026
Priya
(Kunal Ravi Singh,J.) (Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
PRIYA KUSHWAHA
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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