Uddipta Maity and Ors. v. State of West Bengal and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Dismissal for default of two writ petitions: WPA 20752 of 2024 (Uddipta Maity & Ors.) and WPA 20816 of 2024 (Paromita Mandal & Ors.), both versus State of West Bengal & Ors. Decided 13/11/2025 by Jay Sengupta, J. (Court No. 28). Petitioners absent on 6.11.2025 and again on the hearing date; respondent no. 6 (WPA 20752) and respondent no. 10 (WPA 20816) represented by Siddhartha Banerjee, Sharmya Chatterjee and Subhajit Barman; MAKAUT University represented by Nandini Mitra and Sakya Maity; MAKAUT report taken on record; counsel surmised the students had transferred to other colleges. Connected applications CAN 1 of 2024 and CAN 2 of 2024 disposed of. No statutes, precedents, amounts or substantive holdings.
What did the court decide?
Both writ petitions (WPA 20752 of 2024 and WPA 20816 of 2024) were dismissed for default, the petitioners having failed to appear at the hearings.