Chinu Routh (Das) v. the Allahabad Bank and 4 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: abatement of writ petition; death of petitioner during pendency; refusal of sole surviving legal heir (son Chiranjit Das) to accept substitution; dismissal without adjudication on merits. Case: Chinu Routh (Das) v. The Allahabad Bank & 4 Ors., WP(C)/6457/2019 (respondents include the Chairman, General Manager, Chief Manager (TD), Deputy General Manager Zonal Office of Allahabad Bank and the Branch Manager, Jalalpur Branch, Dist. Cachar, Assam). Coram: Kaushik Goswami, J. Decided: 05.08.2025. Counsel: Mr. T. Sheikh for the petitioner; SC, Allahabad Bank for respondents (none appeared on call).
What did the court decide?
Since the petitioner died during the pendency of the writ petition and her only surviving legal heir, son Chiranjit Das, instructed that he did not wish to be substituted in the place of the writ petitioner, the writ petition stands abated.