Lilabati Nag @ Lila Nag v. Surendra Tanty
Case brief
What is this about?
W.P. (C) No.18049 of 2024, High Court of Orissa at Cuttack (Justice Mruganka Sekhar Sahoo), order dated 07.03.2026 - writ petition disposed of as infructuous. Petitioner: Lilabati Nag @ Lila Nag (wife), counsel B.S. Panigrahi; Opp. Party: Surendra Tanty. Impugned order: Family Court, Rourkela order dated 12.12.2023 in Civil Proceeding (C.P.) No.268 of 2015 rejecting the petitioner's prayer to call six witnesses for examination on her behalf, citing pendency since 2015 and delay. Underlying proceeding subsequently disposed of; memo filed by learned counsel; memo taken on record and writ petition disposed of; merits of the challenge to the witness-examination rejection not decided. No statutory provisions or precedent cases cited in the judgment.
What did the court decide?
The Court took on record the memorandum filed by the learned counsel for the petitioner recording that the original proceeding, C.P. No.268 of 2015, had been disposed of and that the present writ petition had thereby become infructuous.