Dismissed¶24
Harishanker Sharma v. State Of Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh HCWPS/3294/2017
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh High Court single-bench order dismissing a 2017 writ petition (petitioner Harishanker Sharma v. State of Chhattisgarh and forest officials) purely for non-prosecution after petitioner's absence in two rounds of hearing; keywords: dismissal for want of prosecution, non-appearance, default dismissal, no merits decided. Of limited precedential value; cite only for the practice of dismissing uncontested writ petitions for non-prosecution.
What did the court decide?
As no one appeared nor any representation was made on behalf of the petitioner even in the second round of hearing, the Court dismissed the writ petition for non-prosecution / want of prosecution. ¶22