Sri Mantu Sarma v. MD Jahirul Islam
Case brief
What is this about?
Procedural order, no substantive ruling. Gauhati High Court, I.A.(Civil)/3633/2025, decided 05.12.2025 by Justice N. Unni Krishnan Nair. Tenant-applicants (Sri Mantu Sarma, Shahjahan Khan, Sri Sarawan Jha, Sri Lamudar Haloi, resident at Bharalumukh, Guwahati) informed the Court through counsel Mr. S. Sarma that the issue raised in their interlocutory application had become infructuous as they had already shifted out of the building in question; the application was dismissed as infructuous. Respondents: Md Jahirul Islam; State of Assam; the Commissioner (Municipal Corporation); the Member Mayor in Council (Appeal), GMC. Advocates noted: MR G GOSWAMI; GA ASSAM (for Md Jahirul Islam). Keywords: infructuous; interlocutory application; tenants shifted out; Bharalumukh; Guwahati Municipal Corporation. No statutes, precedents, or quantum.
What did the court decide?
The Court held that the Interlocutory Application had become infructuous, since the applicants (tenants) had already shifted out of the building in question, and dismissed it on that ground.