State of West Bengal & Anr. v. Soumendra Mohan Dey
Case brief
What is this about?
Calcutta-listed contempt matter C.P.A.N. 1167 of 2003 in F.M.A. 466 of 2002; Soumendra Mohan Dey v. Prosad Ranjan Ray (Secretary, Land and Land Reforms Dept., Govt. of West Bengal); contempt petition dismissed as infructuous; parties lost interest; consequential dismissal of I.A. No. CAN 2 of 2002 (Old CAN 2385 of 2002); ex parte appearance (none for parties); order by Sujoy Paul, CJ. and Partha Sarathi Sen, J.; dated 08.04.2026; no statutory provisions or precedents discussed; no costs or quantum awarded.
What did the court decide?
Nothing remained to be done in the old contempt matter; it had rendered infructuous and the parties had lost interest, so the contempt petition was dismissed. ¶11