S.Sivakumar v. The Registrar
Case brief
What is this about?
W.P.No.31466 of 2022 with W.M.P. No.30927 of 2022, High Court of Judicature at Madras, decided 11.03.2025 by M. Sundar and K. Govindarajan Thilakavadi, JJ. Certiorari petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenging proceedings of the Registrar, State Human Rights Commission of Tamil Nadu (first respondent) in SHRC Case No.6738 of 2019 dated 16.09.2022; co-respondents V. Sampathkumar and J. Nandhini. Sole petitioner S. Sivakumar died 31.08.2024; counsel S. Senthilnathan (first respondent: Anuradha Ravichandran; second respondent: no appearance) reported abatement without instructions from legal heirs. Petition dismissed as abated; WMP dismissed; no costs. Abatement - death of sole petitioner - no substantive adjudication - no precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
The captioned main writ petition is dismissed as abated in view of the demise of the sole writ petitioner on 31.08.2024.