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Raman Sharma v. State of Hp and Others

Himachal Pradesh HC3 Apr 2024CMP.M/610/2023

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What is this about?

Review petition dismissed; condonation of delay refused; no cause of action for review once applicant exonerated in inquiry that was the sole direction (paragraph 18) of judgment dated 17.08.2021 in CWP No. 4753 of 2020 (applicant was 5th respondent therein); liberty reserved to challenge order dt. 22.05.2023 by appropriate remedy; High Court of Himachal Pradesh; CMP.M No. 610 of 2023; decided 03-04-2024; Bench: M.S. Ramachandra Rao, CJ and Jyotsna Rewal Dua, J.

What did the court decide?

No substantive relief on review; the Court expressly reserved liberty to the applicant to take appropriate remedy in accordance with law against the order dt.22.05.2023. ¶15

Raman Sharma Vs State of Hp and Others — Himachal Pradesh HC (2024) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

No substantive relief on review; the Court expressly reserved liberty to the applicant to take appropriate remedy in accordance with law against the order dt.22.05.2023.

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Issue for consideration

Whether there is any cause of action for the applicant/review petitioner to seek review of the judgment dated 17.08.2021 in CWP No. 4753 of 2020, given that its only relevant direction (paragraph 18) was to hold an inquiry against him in which he has since been exonerated. +1 more

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Court's answer

There is no cause of action for the applicant/review petitioner to seek review of the judgment dated 17.08.2021 in CWP No. 4753 of 2020, because the applicant has since been exonerated in the inquiry whose conduct was the sole direction (paragraph 18) in that judgment.

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Ratio / Principle

If the applicant/review petitioner is aggrieved by the order dt.22.05.2023, he is at liberty to take appropriate remedy in accordance with law.

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Key takeaways

The application for condonation of delay in filing the Review Petition is dismissed, and consequently the Review Petition is dismissed along with pending applications.ratio¶15

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

High Court of Himachal Pradesh (oral) — CMP.M No. 610 of 2023, decided 3rd April, 2024, before M.S. Ramachandra Rao, CJ and Jyotsna Rewal Dua, J. Dr. Raman Sharma (styled 'Petitioner' in the caption, 'applicant/Review petitioner' in the body) sought review of the judgment dated 17.08.2021 in CWP No. 4753 of 2020, which had contained only a direction in paragraph 18 to conduct an inquiry against him, he having been the 5th respondent in that writ petition. Since it was now stated that he stood exonerated in that inquiry, the Court held there was no cause of action for him to seek the review. The application for condonation of delay in filing the Review Petition was dismissed, and consequently the Review Petition was also dismissed along with pending applications. The applicant was left free to take appropriate remedy in accordance with law against the order dt. 22.05.2023, by which he claimed to be aggrieved.

Raman Sharma v. State of Hp and Others

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