Mohan Lal Sharma v. State Th.Labour and Employment and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Order dated 11 July 2025 by Hon'ble Justice M A Chowdhary, High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Jammu, disposing of SWP No. 1460/2012 (Mohan Lal Sharma, petitioner — adv. Rakesh Sharma — versus State of J & K & Anr., respondents — through Vivek Mattoo, assisting counsel to Vishal Bharti, Dy. AG). Petitioner reported deceased during pendency; submissions unopposed; petition dismissed as abated with connected applications; interim directions, if any, vacated. No statutes or precedent cases cited.
What did the court decide?
Counsel's submission that the petitioner expired during the pendency of the petition, rendering it infructuous, was taken on record and was not opposed by counsel opposite; the court therefore dismissed the petition as having been abated, along with connected application(s). ¶16