Mohd. Mateen v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Lko. and 5 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ petition dismissed for suppression of material facts and non-maintainability; pendency of civil suit between the parties (landlord-tenant dispute) not disclosed by petitioner and revealed through counter affidavit; suppression held contrary to principles of uberrima fides; matter held not maintainable in writ jurisdiction. Mohd. Mateen v. State of U.P. and others, WRIT - C No. 10186 of 2025, High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench, Court No. 3, decided March 9, 2026, coram Shekhar B. Saraf, J. and Manjive Shukla, J. Counsel: Anand Prakash Singh for petitioner; C.S.C. and others for respondents.
What did the court decide?
The petitioner's failure to bring the pendency of the civil suit on record is itself suppression of material facts and is against the principles of uberrima fides. ¶¶12