Allahabad Bank v. District Magistrate Ludhiana and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
CWP-2340-2020, High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh, decision date 12.08.2025; Bench: Sheel Nagu, Chief Justice (author, oral) with Sanjiv Berry, Judge. Petitioner: Allahabad Bank, now amalgamated with Indian Bank (counsel: Ankush Bharti for K.K. Goel, Advocate). Respondents: District Magistrate, Ludhiana and others (Vipin Pal Yadav, Addl. Advocate General, Punjab, present). Disposal: writ petition dismissed as withdrawn at the very outset because the loan account of the respondents-borrowers had been settled. No issues framed, no statutes or precedents cited, no quantum involved.
What did the court decide?
Withdrawal of the writ petition permitted; petition dismissed as withdrawn, the loan account of the respondents-borrowers having been settled. ¶13