Dismissed¶¶26
Pranab Mahanta v. the State of Assam and 7 Ors.
Gauhati HCWP(C)/5848/2017
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Dismissal of writ petition for want of prosecution (non-prosecution/dismissal in default): petitioner absent on call and unrepresented on earlier occasions; underlying grievance was alleged harassment by the OC and an ASI of Boko Police Station, Kamrup (respondent nos. 4 and 5); State submission that cause of action no longer existed noted but no merits considered. Gauhati High Court, WP(C)/5848/2017, Pranab Mahanta v. State of Assam & 7 Ors., decided 13.10.2025 by Sanjay Kumar Medhi, J. No statutes, precedents, or costs referred to.
What did the court decide?
Without going into the merits of the case, the writ petition is dismissed for want of prosecution, the petitioner having been absent on call and unrepresented on earlier occasions. ¶¶26