Suraj Kumari v. The State Of Bihar and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Short oral order of the Patna High Court dismissing a 2015 writ petition (CWJC No.9815 of 2015, Suraj Kumari v. State of Bihar and health-department officials) on 25-01-2024 as not pressed following counsel's intimation of the petitioner's demise. Useful for practitioners only as an example of dismissal of a writ petition as not pressed due to the petitioner's death; contains no merits ruling, statutory discussion, precedent treatment, or monetary quantum. Keywords: dismissal as not pressed; petitioner deceased; withdrawal/non-prosecution of writ petition; Begusarai; health services; Rajesh Kumar Verma, J.
What did the court decide?
None; the petition was dismissed as not pressed after counsel for the petitioner stated that the petitioner is no more and did not want to press the application (paras 16-18). ¶18