Tapas Banerjee v. State of West Bengal and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Withdrawal of PIL permitted: in WPA(P) 100 of 2026 (Sri Tapas Banerjee v. The State of West Bengal & Ors.), the learned advocate for the petitioner sought withdrawal of the PIL with liberty to file a regular petition on the selfsame cause of action; the State had no objection; the petition was dismissed as withdrawn with liberty as prayed for (order dated 23.03.2026, dictated by SUJOY PAUL, CJ.). Counsel: Soumik Ganguly, Susnigdho Bhattacharyya, Partha Pratim Sinha and Popi Sarkar for the petitioner; Jahar Lal De (AGP) and Kaustav Bhattacharya for the State.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to file a regular petition on the selfsame cause of action. ¶13