Dismissed¶16

Tara Chand v. Cement Corporation of India Et

Punjab & Haryana HC20 May 2025CWP/1461/2000

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Non-prosecution dismissal of four roughly 26-year-old writ petitions between Cement Corporation of India and claimants Tara Chand and Mukesh Kumar, with the underlying award never stayed; impleadment of LRs of respondent No.1 allowed in CWP-16102 of 1999 (counsel: D.P.S Bajwa for respondent No.1); Punjab and Haryana High Court at Chandigarh, Harsimran Singh Sethi J., decided 20-05-2025; no statutory provisions or case law engaged.

What did the court decide?

LRs of respondent No.1 impleaded in CWP-16102 of 1999 solely for prosecuting the case and Registry directed to amend the memo of parties; the four connected writ petitions dismissed for non-prosecution; pending applications, if any, disposed of. ¶16

Tara Chand Vs Cement Corporation of India Et — Punjab & Haryana HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the application (CM-7820-CWP-2025) for impleading the legal representatives of respondent No.1 in CWP-16102 of 1999 should be allowed. +1 more

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Court's answer

The application for impleading the LRs of respondent No.1 in CWP-16102 of 1999 is allowed; the LRs are impleaded as party only for the purpose of prosecuting the present case.

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Ratio / Principle

Registry is directed to make necessary changes in the memo of parties by impleading the LRs of respondent No.1 as party to the present petition.

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Key takeaways

The connected writ petitions (CWP-16102 of 1999, CWP-16101 of 1999, CWP-1461 of 2000 and CWP-1483 of 2000) are dismissed for non-prosecution, there being no representation for the petitioners on successive hearing dates about 26 years after filing and no stay of the award.ratio¶16
Pending applications, if any, also stand disposed of along with the dismissal of the writ petitions.ratio¶17

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Harsimran Singh Sethi, J. (Oral) — High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh, 20-05-2025 (speaking: YES; reportable: NO). Allowing application CM-7820-CWP-2025, the LRs of respondent No.1 in CWP-16102 of 1999 were impleaded solely for the purpose of prosecuting the case, and the Registry was directed to make corresponding changes in the memo of parties. The four connected writ petitions — CWP-16102 and CWP-16101 of 1999 (Cement Corporation of India v. Tara Chand / Mukesh Kumar) and CWP-1461 and CWP-1483 of 2000 (Tara Chand / Mukesh Kumar v. Cement Corporation of India) — pending about 26 years with no stay of the underlying award and with no representation by or for the petitioners on successive hearing dates, were dismissed for non-prosecution; pending applications, if any, stood disposed of, and a photocopy of the order was directed to be placed on the files of the connected cases. No statute or precedent was cited or discussed.

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105+214	IN THE HIGH COURT OF AT CHA PUNJAB AND HARYANA NDIGARH
	Date of D ecision : 20-05-2025
1.	CM-7820 CWP-161 -CWP-2025 in/and 02 of 1999(O&M)
CEMENT	CORPORATION OF INDIA ........Petitioner(s )
	VERSU S
TARA C H	AND AND ANOTHER ........Responden t(s)
2.	CWP-161 01 of 1999(O&M)
CEMENT	CORPORATION OF INDIA ........Petitioner(s )
	VERSU S
MUKESH	KUMAR AND ANOTHER ........Responden t(s)
3.	CWP-146 1 of 2000 (O&M)
TARA CH	AND ........Petitioner
	VERSU S
CEMENT	CORPORATION OF INDIA ........Respondent (s)
4.	CWP-148 3 of 2000 (O&M)
MUKESH	KUMAR ........Petitioner
	VERSU S
CEMENT	CORPORATION OF INDIA ........Respondent (s)
CORAM :	HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H ARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI
Present:	None for the petitioners.
	Mr. D.P.S Bajwa, Advocate
	For respondent No.1 in CWP No.16102 of 1999.

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SAPNA GOYAL 2025.05.23 10:45 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document

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CM-7820-CWP-2025 in/and CWP-16102 of 1999 (O&M) and other connected cases

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HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI, J. (Oral)

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CM-7820-CWP-2025 in/and CWP No.16102 of 1999

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This is an application for impleading the LRs of respondent No.1 in the present writ petition.

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In view of the contents mentioned in the application, the same is allowed. The LRs of respondents are impleaded as party to the present petition only for the purpose of prosecuting the present case.

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Registry is directed to make necessary changes in the memo of

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parties by impleading the LRs of the respondent No.1 as party to the present petition.

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CWP-16102 of 1999(O&M), CWP-1461 of 2000 (O&M), CWP-1483 of 2000 (O&M) and CWP-16101 of 1999(O&M)

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There is no representation on behalf of the petitioners.

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On the last date of hearing, no one has appeared on behalf of

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the petitioners.

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These petitions were filed about 26 years ago and there was no stay of the award. Probably, the petitioners are not interested in pursuing the present remedy any further.

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Dismissed for non-prosecution.

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Pending application, if any, also stands disposed of.

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Photocopy of this order be placed on the files of other

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connected cases.

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20-05-2025 (HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI) Sapna Goyal JUDGE

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NOTE: Whether speaking: YES Whether reportable: NO