West Bengal Labour Department Self Employed Labour Organiser Welfare Association and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
WPA No. 17055 of 2023, decision dated 02.12.2025, bench: Suvra Ghosh, J. Petitioner: West Bengal Labour Department Self Employed Labour Organiser Welfare Association & Anr.; Respondents: The State of West Bengal & Ors. (incl. Union of India). Subject: refusal of police permission to hold a dharna/protest on March 30, 2023; dismissal of writ petition as infructuous due to efflux of time; no determination on merits; no statutory provisions or case law discussed; no relief granted.
What did the court decide?
The writ petition has become infructuous due to efflux of time and is accordingly dismissed as infructuous; the underlying grievance was not adjudicated. ¶6