Kulwant Chawla v. State Of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh High Court writ petition (WPC No. 1028 of 2016) dismissed solely because the sole petitioner died during pendency; subject matter was the election of Zila Co-operative Society, Mahasamund; court recorded 'nothing survives for adjudication'; petitioner unrepresented ('None, in three rounds'); State represented by G.A. Akhilesh Kumar; decided 6.1.2026 by Justice Rakesh Mohan Pandey; no statutes or precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Since the sole petitioner expired during pendency and, as submitted on instruction by learned State counsel, nothing survived for adjudication in the matter relating to the election of Zila Co-operative Society, Mahasamund, the Court held it was left with no other option but to dismiss the petition on that ground alone. ¶¶25