Howrah Paradise Social Welfare Org. v. Union of India and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Batch disposal order dated 19.05.2026: WPA 18668, 18671, 18674, 18678, 18681 of 2023 (Howrah Paradise Social Welfare Organization v. Union of India & Ors.) and WPA 20734 of 2025 (Jiarat Hossain Molla alias Jiarat Hossain & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.) dismissed for default for non-appearance of petitioners; WPA(P) 180 of 2022 with CAN 1 of 2022 (Pranotosh Shyamal & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.) dismissed as withdrawn with leave. Counsel recorded: Asish Kumar Chowdhury and Prasanto Kumar Das for petitioners (item No.10); B.B. Bera for applicant in CAN 1 of 2022; Prasanta Kumar Dutt, Susanta Kumar Dutt and Syamantak Banerjee for SEBI; Arijit Chakrabarti and Swati K. Singh for ED; Sumita Sarkar and S.R. Chowdhury for Union of India (item No.9). No statutory provision or case cited; no merits adjudicated.
What did the court decide?
None on merits. Leave to withdraw was granted in WPA(P) 180 of 2022, which along with CAN 1 of 2022 stands dismissed as withdrawn; the remaining six writ petitions stand dismissed for default.