Dikshant Joshi v. Station House Officer & Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Short single-judge order of the High Court of Delhi at New Delhi in CONT.CAS(C) 127/2024, Dikshant Joshi v. Station House Officer & Anr., dated 16 February 2026, authored by Justice Sachin Datta. Petitioner's counsel (Pawan, Akshay Lodhi, Simran Singh, Tanish Rawat) sought and were granted discharge; no one appeared for the petitioner thereafter and the petition was dismissed-in-default for non-prosecution. Respondent side represented by Ravi Kant Srivastava, SPC, with advocates Laavanya and Robert Laishram. No statutory provisions or precedent cases engaged; no quantum involved.
What did the court decide?
The learned counsel who had previously been appearing on behalf of the petitioner is discharged, as counsel sought a discharge in the matter. ¶11