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Umakanta Sahoo Vs State and Ors. — Writ and Judicial Review | Orissa HC (2023)

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Umakanta Sahoo v. State and Ors.

Orissa HC20 Mar 2023WP(C)/18237/2012

Case brief

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What is this about?

The High Court of Orissa dismissed the writ petition for non-prosecution as the petitioner had received no instruction from his client.

What did the court decide?

Liberty granted to revive the application if cause of action survives.

What the court decided

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

W.P.(C) No.18237 of 2012

Umakanta Sahoo

Petitioner

Mr.R.K.Pattnaik, Advocate

-versus-

State of Odisha and others

…. Opposite Parties Mr.P.C.Das, A.S.C.

CORAM: JUSTICE A.K.MOHAPATRA

ORDER

Order No.

20.03.2023

Parties & counsel

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petitioner
Umakanta Sahoo
respondent
State of Odisha

Coram

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A.K. Mohapatra

Case details

As recorded by the court registry

Court: Orissa HC
Decided on: 20 Mar 2023 · March
Registered: 25 Sept 2012
Case no.: WP(C)/18237/2012

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Cite this judgement

Umakanta Sahoo v. State and Ors., WP(C)/18237/2012 (OD), decided on 20 March 2023.

The High Court of Orissa publishes no neutral citation for this judgement — cite it by case number and date of decision.

Bench / Coram

A.K. Mohapatra

Parties & counsel

Outcome

Liberty granted to revive the application if cause of action survives.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

The writ petition was dismissed for non-prosecution. Liberty was granted to the petitioner to revive the application if the cause of action survives. No substantive legal proposition was laid down.

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1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid Arrangement (Virtual /Physical Mode).

Learned counsel for the Petitioner submits that he has received no instruction from his client.

Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed for nonprosecution. However, liberty is granted to the Petitioner to revive this application in the event cause of action still survives.

(A.K. Mohapatra) Judge

RKS

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CNR

ODHC010065612012

Topic

Writ and Judicial Review

Bench

Aditya Kumar Mohapatra

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