Writ petition challenging suspension of petitioner's practice as advocate was dismissed as infructuous after the respondent counsel submitted that the petitioner had died.
Writ petition dismissed as infructuous; connected miscellaneous petition closed; No costs.
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W.P.No.4484 of 2018 and WMP.No.5515 of 2018
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 21.12.2022
CORAM :
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.MAHADEVAN and
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE J.SATHYA NARAYANA PRASAD
W.P.No.4484 of 2018
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WMP.No.5515 of 2018
M.Antony Selvaraj .. Petitioner
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Rep.by its Registrar, Main Road, Amberpet, Hyderabad, Telangana - 500 007. (R4 suo motu impleaded vide Court order dated 04.01.2019, made in WP.No.4484 of 2018) .. Respondents
Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Certiorari, calling for the records of the first respondent in suspending the practice of the petitioner as advocate pending enquiry by its disciplinary committee, order passed in Removal proceedings No.1/2018 dated 17th /18th February, 2018 and communicated through BCI:D:900/2018 (Council-AT, dt.17/18.02.2018) dated 23.02.2018 to the second respondent and quash the same.
For Petitioner : No appearance For R1 : Mr.S.R.Ragunathan For R2 : Mr.Pothiraj For R4 : No appearance
ORDER
(Order of the Court was made by R. MAHADEVAN, J.)
Today, when the matter was taken up for consideration, the learned counsel
for the respondents submitted that the petitioner is no more and hence, nothing survives for adjudication in this writ petition.
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M. Antony Selvaraj
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The Returning Officer / Hon'ble Judge (Retired), High Court of Madras
Osmania University
R. Mahadevan
J. Sathya Narayana Prasad
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