Abul Kalam v. The Union of India
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: dismissal for non-prosecution; want of prosecution; petitioner absent despite repeated calls; no appearance by petitioner's counsel; writ petition dismissed. Case: CWJC No.641 of 2022, Patna High Court, decided 26-11-2024 by Mohit Kumar Shah, J. Parties: Abul Kalam (petitioner, unrepresented) v. Union of India; Ministry of Petroleum of Natural Gas; Managing Director / Indian Oil Corporation Limited PHDPL / its Competent Authority, Patna (counsel: Dr. Krishna Nandan Singh ASG and Sanjeet Kr. Tiwari CGC for Respondent Nos. 1-2; Uday Bhan Singh for Respondent Nos. 3-5). No statutes, precedents or monetary amounts involved.
What did the court decide?
As nobody appeared for the petitioner despite repeated calls, the Court found that the petitioner appeared to have no interest in prosecuting the writ petition. ¶18