Industries and Commerce Association through Its President Baidya Nath Singh v. the State of Jharkhand through the Secretary Department of Mines and Geology
Case brief
What is this about?
Jharkhand High Court, Ranchi; W.P.(C) No. 3102 of 2021; Neutral citation 2025:JHHC:21719-DB; Order dated 04.08.2025; Coram: Sujit Narayan Prasad and Arun Kumar Rai, JJ. Petitioner: Industries and Commerce Association (through President Baidya Nath Singh); Respondents include State of Jharkhand (Department of Mines and Geology officials), District/Assistant Mining Officers, Dhanbad, and Bharat Coking Coal Limited. Subject: maintainability of a writ petition instituted by an association without a resolution authorising the litigation and binding its members; earlier order dated 31.07.2024 requiring affidavit with members' resolution not complied with. Outcome: writ petition disposed of as not maintainable; liberty to file individual writ petitions. Statute referred: Section 25, Companies Act, 1956. No precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief; with observations and directions, the writ petition stands disposed of as not maintainable, with liberty reserved to individuals having a subsisting grievance to file individual writ petitions.