Dismissed¶28
Tetar Devi v. The Union Of India and Ors.
Patna HCCWJC/10428/2016
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Kailash Devi v. Union of India; Patna High Court CWJC No. 10428 of 2016; oral order dated 01-08-2025; Justice Alok Kumar Sinha; writ application dismissed solely for belated filing after thirty-eight years (cause of action 1978, filing 2016); delay/lapse-of-time dismissal; respondents include Ministry of Home Affairs Freedom Fighter Division, State of Bihar Home Department, Treasury Officers, Accountant General Bihar/Ranchi; no statute or precedent cited; no monetary quantum.
What did the court decide?
From a bare perusal of the prayer made in the writ application, the Court observed that the petitioner's cause of action arose in 1978 whereas the writ application was filed in 2016, i.e., almost after thirty-eight years. ¶27