Krishan Kant Dwivedi v. Union of India & Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: abatement of writ petition on death of petitioner; writ petition disposed of as abated; petitioner Krishan Kant Dwivedi expired 20th March, 2018 per affidavit of respondents/Union of India; prior acquittal of petitioner in 2017 in CRA 459 of 2017; WPA 8040 of 2017; judgment dated 05.08.2024; single-judge bench (Ananya Bandyopadhyay, J.). No statutes or precedent citations appear in the judgment.
What did the court decide?
In view of the petitioner's demise, as reported in the affidavit filed by the respondents/Union of India, the instant writ petition gets abated and is accordingly disposed of. ¶11