D.Packrisamy v. The District Collector
Case brief
What is this about?
In this writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner sought a mandatory injunction directing a cooperative bank to sanction a loan application. The High Court unanimously held that the petition had become infructuous due to the lapse of time, as it was filed as a writ petition rather than as an ordinary civil suit which would have been subject to the applicabl
What did the court decide?
Writ petition dismissed as infructuous due to passage of time. No costs awarded to any party.