Atul Jain v. Union of India
Case brief
What is this about?
Atul Jain | W.P.No.25310 of 2022 | W.M.P.No.24285 of 2022 | Madras High Court | Justice M. Dhandapani | 23.10.2025 | Look Out Circular (LOC) | Union of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Foreign Department, Immigrations Office, North Block, New Delhi | State Bank of India, Stressed Assets Management, Egmore, Chennai (requesting respondent) | Ministry of External Affairs (suo motu impleaded 30.09.2022) | Article 226 of the Constitution of India | Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus | arbitrary exercise of power | constitutional right to travel abroad | dismissed for non-prosecution | no costs | no appearance by petitioner's counsel (M/s.P.Sriramakrishnan) | listed 'For Dismissal' | K.Srinivasamuthy CGSC | B.Ragavalu Naidu Standing Counsel.
What did the court decide?
The Writ Petition was dismissed for non-prosecution: as no one appeared for the petitioner on either 17.10.2025 or 23.10.2025 (when it was listed under the caption 'For Dismissal'), the Court found the petitioner was not interested in prosecuting the case further. No costs were imposed and the connected miscellaneous petition (W.M.P.No.24285 of 2022) was closed. The substantive issue regarding the Look Out Circular was not adjudicated.