Prasit Dalai and Ors. v. State of West Bengal and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: WPA(P) 399 of 2025; public interest litigation (PIL); Prasait Dalai and others v. The State of West Bengal and others; religious endowment property; Religious Endowments Act of 1863; PIL not entertained and dismissed; liberty reserved to petitioners to approach appropriate forum; affidavit-in-reply of petitioners taken on record; counsel Tulshi Das Ray, Tirthankar Roy, Arka tilak Bhadra, Susanta Kumar Das (petitioners), Munmun Ganguly (State), D. K. Adhikari, Samir Adhikari, Debdip Adhikari (private respondents 10-13 and 15-17); Sujoy Paul, C.J. (author) with Partha Sarathi Sen, J.; decision date January 29, 2026.
What did the court decide?
No relief granted; the PIL is dismissed and liberty is reserved to the petitioners to approach the appropriate forum. ¶9