Mujeeb v. State of Kerala
Case brief
What is this about?
Kerala High Court (Ernakulam), C.S. Dias, Judge, dismissed WP(C) No. 4226 of 2025 for default on 25.03.2025. Petitioners Mujeeb and Najeeb (Kollam) had sued the State of Kerala (Public Prosecutor), Superintendent of Police Asramam, SHO Sooranad Police Station, and private individuals Abdul Salam and Biju, on the footing of complaints dated 27.01.2025 (Exhibits P1, P2) and an Environmental Engineer's report dated 19.08.2024 filed in W.P.(C) No. 22968/2024 (Exhibit P3). The petition failed because the petitioners did not implead the Panchayath and the Pollution Control Board as directed by the order dated 31.01.2025. Search terms: dismissal for default; non-impleadment; additional respondents; Pollution Control Board; Panchayath; Kollam; Sooranad police station.
What did the court decide?
The writ petition is dismissed for default: despite the order dated 31.01.2025, the petitioners did not implead the Panchayath and the Pollution Control Board as additional respondents, and the Court assumed they were no longer desirous of prosecuting the writ petition.