Lalita Devi and Ors. v. The State of Bihar and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
CWJC No.5299 of 2019; Patna High Court; decided 15-02-2024; oral order; bench: K. Vinod Chandran (Chief Justice, author) and Harish Kumar (J); petitioners: Lalita Devi and Ors, Gopal Sharan Chaudhary, Rahul Kumar, Deepak Kumar (District Gaya); respondents: State of Bihar through Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary / Engineer-in-Chief / Chief Engineer South Bihar (c) Wing / Internal Financial Adviser / Executive Engineer Road Division-I of Road Construction Department, and private respondent Dwarika Singh; advocates: Anil Kumar Singh (petitioners), Ashok Kr. Dubey (State, AC to AAG-11), Rajeev Kr. Singh (respondent no.7); outcome: writ petition dismissed as withdrawn at counsel's request; no statutes, precedents or monetary amounts involved.
What did the court decide?
Permission sought by counsel for the petitioners to withdraw the writ petition was acceded to; the writ petition stands dismissed as withdrawn.