Md. Zafrullah v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Public interest litigation (CWJC No. 9642 of 2024) by Md. Zafrullah against the State of Bihar, District Magistrate Saran, and Rural Works Department engineers (Sonepur Division) dismissed as infructuous after petitioner's counsel reported the issue resolved during pendency; Patna High Court; oral judgment by Chief Justice K. Vinod Chandran with Justice Partha Sarthy on the bench; advocates: Shambhu Shankar Thakur (petitioner), P.K. Shahi, Advocate General (respondents); decided 21-10-2024; NAFR.
What did the court decide?
In view of the learned Counsel for the petitioner's submission that the issue raised in the public interest litigation has been resolved during its pendency, the PIL is dismissed as having become infructuous. ¶16