Disposed¶18
Rinku Rawat v. Union of India and Others
Punjab & Haryana HCCWP/6425/2025
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Rinku Rawat v. Union of India and others, CWP-6425-2025 (O/M), High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh, Harsh Bunger J., decided 04.07.2025. Writ petition under Articles 226/226/227 for mandamus to direct issuance of a passport. Counsel for the petitioner submitted the passport already stood issued, rendering the petition infructuous; the Court passed a one-line order ('Ordered accordingly') and closed pending application(s). No issues were decided on merits, no case-law was discussed, and no costs or amounts were awarded.
What did the court decide?
The Court accepted the submission that the petition had become infructuous because the passport already stood issued to the petitioner, and ordered the petition accordingly. ¶17