Case brief
What is this about?
Rajwinder Kaur v. State of Punjab and Others, CWP-22797-2025 (O&M), decided 26.08.2025 by Suvir Sehgal J., Punjab & Haryana High Court; petition under Articles 226/227 for mandamus to record death and issue death certificate; dismissed as infructuous after death certificate dated 20.08.2025 issued.
What did the court decide?
In view of the issuance of the death certificate to the petitioner during the pendency of the petition, the writ petition had become infructuous and was accordingly dismissed as having been rendered infructuous. ¶17