Chhaya Gautam v. State of U.P. Thru.the Prin. Secy. Home Lko and 6 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 9622 of 2024 — Chhaya Gautam v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko & 6 Ors. (respondent no. 4: Bhanuchandra Gautam). Wife's petition for writ of mandamus seeking mediation with estranged husband; referred to Mediation and Conciliation Centre by order dated 20.12.2024 (session 06.01.2025; six-week completion window); mediation failed per Centre report dated 10.02.2025; counsel for private respondents conceded petition infructuous; petition dismissed on 15.11.2025 and interim orders vacated. Counsel: Durgendra Kumar Tiwari (petitioner); G.A. and Suresh Kumar Yadav (respondents / respondent no. 4). Bench: Rajnish Kumar, J. and Zafeer Ahmad, J. No statutory provisions or precedent cases cited.
What did the court decide?
With mediation between the parties having failed as per the Mediation and Conciliation Center's report dated 10.02.2025 — a fact not disputed by learned counsel for the private respondents, who further submitted that the petition had rendered infructuous — the Court dismissed the Criminal Misc. Writ Petition.