Maidul Hasan v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Minority Welfare and Waqf Lko. and 4 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench — PIL No. - 461 of 2026, Maidul Hasan v. State of U.P. through Principal Secretary, Minority Welfare and Waqf Lucknow & 4 others, decided May 15, 2026 (Arun Bhansali, CJ and Jaspreet Singh, J.). PIL seeking restraint on construction of pathway/Chakmarg over public graveyard and Eidgah land (Ambedkar Nagar) dismissed for want of material; Court held PILs based merely on cursory representations cannot be countenanced. Keywords: public interest litigation, maintainability, cursory representation, graveyard, Eidgah, Chakmarg, Khatauni, Ambedkar Nagar.
What did the court decide?
Filing of PILs by simply moving cursory representations and seeking disposal of such representations, or claiming reliefs in that regard, cannot be countenanced. ¶¶4