State of Orissa v. Purussotam Bindhani
Case brief
What is this about?
Orissa High Court order dated 20.11.2025 in CRLLP No.64 of 2007 (State Of Orissa v. Purussotam Bindhani) by Justice Aditya Kumar Mohapatra: application dismissed as infructuous after the State's counsel furnished a competent-authority death certificate (registered 06.11.2022) showing that the sole Opposite Party, Purussotam Bindhani son of late Panira Bindhani, had died. No statutes or precedents cited. Relevant to searches on infructuous dismissal / survival of pending applications upon the death of a sole opposite party in Orissa High Court CRLLP matters; keyword terms: infructuous, death of opposite party, death certificate 06.11.2022, CRLLP, State Of Orissa.
What did the court decide?
The Court recorded, on the death certificate furnished by the State's counsel, that the sole Opposite Party, Purussotam Bindhani son of late Panira Bindhani, had died in the meantime and that his death certificate had been duly registered on 06.11.2022.