Vivek Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar Through Principal Secretary Forest Department Government Of Bihar, Patna and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court CR. WJC No. 522 of 2018 (decided 08-01-2026, Jitendra Kumar, J.) — Vivek Kumar Singh v. State of Bihar (Forest Department) and others; arises out of PS/Sasaram Forest Case No. 119 of 2016, P.S. Government Official Comp., Rohtas; status report received from SP, Rohtas; petitioner absent with no counsel appearing ('For the Petitioner : None'); respondents represented by Mr. Nilotpal Sharma, AC to ex-G.P-21; petition dismissed for default after prior warning of dismissal on non-attendance; no substantive adjudication, no statutes or precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Nobody was present on behalf of the petitioner on the hearing date, and even on the last date the matter went unattended by the petitioner despite the Court's cautioning that continued non-attendance would result in dismissal for default. ¶22