Prasanta Sarkar v. State of West Bengal and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Withdrawal of writ petition WPA 2516 of 2026 (Prasanta Sarkar v. State of West Bengal & Ors.) concerning restoration of mining operation rejected by order dated 06-02-2026; dismissal as withdrawn with liberty to file afresh on self-same cause of action incorporating subsequent events; respondents' liberty to raise all objections in fresh petition; State's delay-and-laches contention left uncommented; bench: Hiranmay Bhattacharyya, J.; hearing date 05-03-2026; advocates: Shibaji Kumar Das and Dipendu Sarkar for petitioner, Jahar Lal De (AGP) and Shamim-ul-Bri for State; no statutes or precedents cited; no quantum involved.
What did the court decide?
Dismissal as withdrawn with liberty to the petitioner to file afresh on the self-same cause of action and by incorporating the subsequent events; respondents free to raise all objections in any fresh writ petition.