Bhoopendra Mishra v. State of U.P. and 11 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Chief Justice's Court, PIL No. 298 of 2025, decided 11.2.2025 by DB (Arun Bhansali, CJ and Kshitij Shailendra, J); petitioner Bhoopendra Mishra v. State of U.P. and 11 others; challenge to alleged illegal recovery of fees for selling vegetables and fruits in Gata No. 977, village Kusmara, Tehsil Kishni, District Mainpuri by respondent Nos. 6 to 12; dismissed as stale — based on 2016 complaints, unexplained eight-year delay in approaching authorities, nothing placed on record. Keywords: PIL entertainment, stale claim, delay and laches, illegal fee recovery, vegetables and fruits market, Mainpuri.
What did the court decide?
The petition sought to raise a stale issue based on material pertaining to the year 2016; if recovery had continued over the last eight years, there was apparently no occasion for the petitioner not to have approached the authorities earlier.