The State of West Bengal & Ors. v. Subrata Basu & Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Substitution of deceased writ petitioner/respondent no. 2 Narendra Narayan Roy Malakar by his legal heirs (all majors, sui juris; right to sue survives) allowed on 11.12.2024 in FMA 210 of 2018 (State of West Bengal & Others v. Subrata Basu & Others) via CAN 7 of 2024; respondent side raised no objection; cause title of Memorandum-of-appeal and pending application to be amended; next hearing 18.12.2024. Bench: Partha Sarathi Chatterjee, J. and Tapabrata Chakraborty, J. Advocates: Md. T. M. Siddiqui (Ld. AGP), Tanoy Chakraborty, S. Adak (appellants); Saurabh Guhathakurata, Tanuka Basu, A. Sarkar (applicants in CAN 6 of 2024/respondents); Satyajit Talukdar, Arindam Chatterjee (respondent no. 7). No statutes or precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Legal heirs detailed in paragraph 4 of the substitution application substituted in place of the deceased writ petitioner/respondent no. 2, Narendra Narayan Roy Malakar; Office directed to make necessary amendment in the cause title of the Memorandum-of-appeal and the pending application; matter listed for further consideration under the same heading on 18th December, 2024.