Dr. N. K. Garg (in Person) v. D. K. Tiwari (Senior Agriculture Development Officer)
Case brief
What is this about?
Dismissal for non-prosecution / want of prosecution; petitioner absent on two consecutive hearings (17.06.2026 and 07.07.2026); no appearance or representation by either side; High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur; CRMP No. 296 of 2026; petitioner Dr. N. K. Garg (New Soil Testing Laboratory, Bilaspur, appearing in person); respondents D. K. Tiwari (Senior Agriculture Development Officer) and Vipul Gupta (Editor, then Dainik Bhaskar, Bilaspur); single-judge bench of Justice Radhakishan Agrawal.
What did the court decide?
As neither the petitioner nor any representative appeared despite repeated calls (and the petitioner was also absent on the previous hearing date of 17.06.2026), the Court was left with no option but to dismiss the petition for non-prosecution. ¶22