Dismissed
Vrij Bihari Kumar @ L.B. Das Cum Mahanth v. The State of Bihar
Patna HCCWJC/5807/2024
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
A writ petition was dismissed as a non-maintainable PIL. The High Court held that an alternate efficacious remedy exists under the Bihar Public Land Encroachment Act, 1956, precluding the invocation of extraordinary jurisdiction. The matter was disposed of without adjudication on merits or locus standi. (Per Chief Justice )
What did the court decide?
The present public interest litigation petition stands dismissed with liberty to proceed under the Bihar Public Land Encroachment Act, 1956.