Durgashankar Mishra v. Umashankar Mishra
Case brief
What is this about?
Dismissal for want of prosecution (non-prosecution); writ petition WPC No. 5403 of 2022, High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur; single bench of Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad; order dated 06/05/2026; petitioner Durgashankar Mishra unrepresented, matter called twice at 4:00 pm; NAFR; no statute, precedent, or merits discussion; respondents Umashankar Mishra, Kalishankar Mishra, Revenue Board Through Secretary, Commissioner Jagdalpur, Collector Kondagaon, Nazool Officer Kondagaon; respondent counsel Anadi Sharma, Panel Lawyer.
What did the court decide?
The Court held that, there being no representation for the petitioner even when the matter was called twice at 4:00 pm, it had no option but to dismiss the petition for want of prosecution. ¶23