Ram Prakash Chourasia v. The State Of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court CWJC No.2866 of 2024, decided 18-11-2024 by Mohit Kumar Shah, J.; writ petition dismissed for non-prosecution/want of prosecution as petitioner did not appear despite repeated calls; respondents included Department of Disaster Management officials, District Health Societies, IDSP survey officers and Three Members Committees for Ex-Gratia Payment for Covid-19 Casualties (Gopalganj and Patna); no merits adjudicated; counsel: Standing Counsel (11) for respondents, K.K. Sinha and Shashi Shekhar for State Health Society.
What did the court decide?
Despite repeated calls nobody appeared for the petitioner, so the petitioner appeared to have no interest in prosecuting the writ petition and the Court had no option but to dismiss it for want of prosecution. ¶26