Harikant Prasad Singh v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court; Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.7270 of 2019; Harikant Prasad Singh v. State of Bihar & others (Bihar State Housing Board; Urban Development Department); dismissal for non-prosecution / want of prosecution; petitioner absent despite repeated calls; coram Mohit Kumar Shah, J.; order dated 10-07-2024; respondents represented by Anil Kumar Sinha, Advocate; no counsel for petitioner; no merits decided; no statute or precedent discussed.
What did the court decide?
Nobody having appeared for the petitioner despite repeated calls, the Court found that the petitioner had no interest in prosecuting the writ petition and therefore dismissed it for want of prosecution (non-prosecution). ¶16