Ashish Seth v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: condonation of delay; cost deposit; High Court Bar Association Welfare Fund; revival/restoration of writ petition; dismissal order set aside; relegation to pre-dismissal position; admission hearing. Parties: Ashish Seth (petitioner; counsel Krishna Chandra Sahu) v. State of Odisha and Others (counsel Mr. S.Nayak, ASC). Identifiers: CMAPL No.23 of 2026; I.A. No.32 of 2026; WPC(OAPC) No.210 of 2018. Bench: Justice Ananda Chandra Behera, High Court of Orissa at Cuttack, order dated 05.05.2026. Relevant to cases where a writ petition dismissed in limine is sought to be revived through a miscellaneous petition after condoning filing delay.
What did the court decide?
Condonation of delay in filing CMAPL No.23 of 2026; setting aside of the dismissal order dated 04.07.2024 passed in WPC(OAPC) No.210 of 2018; relegation of WPC(OAPC) No.210 of 2018 to its pre-dismissal position, with the writ petition to be listed after two weeks for hearing on the point of admission.