Dismissed
Markandey Rai v. State of U.P. and 5 Others
Allahabad HCWPIL/614/2023
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
The High Court dismissed a public interest litigation filed by Markandey Rai challenging revenue orders. The court held that a PIL cannot be entertained when the petitioner was a party to the proceedings. Delay was also noted, but the case was disposed of on the principle that public interest litigation cannot be used to challenge orders where the petitioner had a prior adversarial role.
What did the court decide?
The writ petition is dismissed with liberty to file a fresh petition after complete disclosure of proceedings.