Vivek Kumar v. the Reserve Bank of India
Case brief
What is this about?
W.P.No.6636 of 2025, High Court of Judicature at Madras, decided 05.03.2025 by Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy. Petitioner Vivek Kumar sought a writ of mandamus under Article 226 of Constitution of India directing the Reserve Bank of India Grievance Cell, Fort Glacis, Chennai and the Bank Ombudsman Board to act against the Branch Manager, Indian Bank, T.R. Pattinam Branch, Karaikal District, Puducherry, to release his bank account per his representation dated 18.11.2024. Counsel for the petitioner appeared neither on 26.02.2025 nor on 05.03.2025 ('For Dismissal' caption); writ petition dismissed for non-prosecution, no costs. No cases cited, no statutory provisions beyond Article 226, no monetary quantum, no substantive findings.
What did the court decide?
Since the petitioner's learned counsel was again absent on the listed date (05.03.2025) after a previous absence on 26.02.2025, the writ petition stood dismissed for non-prosecution, without costs. No substantive merits of the petition were addressed.