Dismissed¶¶11
Sarju Prasad v. D.D.C.and Others
Allahabad HCWRIB/865/1993
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Single-Judge order (Lucknow Bench, 23.1.2025; Neutral Citation 2025:AHC-LKO:4592): 1993 writ petition dismissed for non-prosecution after death of petitioner's counsel A.S. Chaudhary; notice dated 03.12.2024 to engage fresh counsel unanswered (no vakalatnama per office report 22.01.2025); service of notice presumed sufficient under Rules of the Court; no one appeared to press the petition while Standing Counsel R.P. Maurya represented the State-respondents.
What did the court decide?
Service of notice upon the petitioner was presumed sufficient under the Rules of the Court, notwithstanding that no unserved notice had been returned and no vakalatnama had been filed. ¶¶8