Ram Khelawan Yadav v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Procedural dismissal for non-prosecution/default of petitioners; Patna High Court; CWJC No.16648 of 2022; petitioners Ram Khelawan Yadav, Chet Narayan Yadav and Prabhu Narayan Yadav v. State of Bihar (Road Construction Department), Collector Samastipur, District Land Acquisition Officer Samastipur, and Bihar State Bridge Construction Corporation Limited and its officers; decided 24-04-2026 by Sourendra Pandey, J. Contains no ratio decidendi on the merits and cites no statute or precedent; of citational value only, if at all, as an example of dismissal for want of non-prosecution where petitioners repeatedly failed to appear.
What did the court decide?
Since nobody appeared for the petitioners on the hearing date (and none had appeared on earlier occasions either), the Court recording that the petitioners appeared to have lost interest, the writ application stands dismissed for want of non-prosecution. No adjudication on merits.