Md Rizwan v. The State Of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
PIL closed for non-prosecution; CWJC No.10440 of 2024; High Court of Judicature at Patna; decision date 23-08-2024; K. Vinod Chandran CJ; Partha Sarthy J; petitioners Md Rizwan and Sushil Kumar (Madhubani); respondents State of Bihar, Principal Secretary Rural Development Department, Director Mission Jal Jeevan Hariyali, Divisional Commissioner Darbhanga, Collector Madhubani, Circle Officer Rajnagar; I.A. No. 1 of 2024; intervener personal-property allegation; counsel uninstructed; advocates Jagnnath Singh, Padmanabh Kashyap, Md. Ghulam Mustafa, Deepak Kumar; P.K. Shahi A.G.
What did the court decide?
This Court closed the writ petition for non-prosecution, acting on counsel's submissions that the petitioners had not instructed him, were not interested in prosecuting the PIL, and that counsel had no objection to closure. ¶¶22