Harbhagwan v. Ram Kumar and Another
Two connected writ petitions – CWP-946-2023 (O&M) and CWP-1558-2023 (O&M)
Case brief
What is this about?
Harbhagwan v. Ram Kumar and another; CWP-946-2023 (O&M) and CWP-1558-2023 (O&M); High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh; Harsimran Singh Sethi, J. (oral); decided 15-07-2025; death of petitioner-Senior Citizen during pendency; impleading of legal heirs sought; writ petition abates upon death of petitioner-Senior Citizen; reliance on Co-ordinate Bench judgment CWP No.26286 of 2019, Kidar Nath v. Deputy Commissioner, SAS Nagar Mohali and ors. (29.09.2022); both petitions disposed of as not pressed further; pending applications disposed; photocopy ordered placed on file of connected case; speaking YES, reportable NO.
What did the court decide?
Acting on the unrebutted principle (advanced via the Co-ordinate Bench judgment in CWP No.26286 of 2019, Kidar Nath) that a writ petition abates upon the death of the petitioner-Senior Citizen, and since the claim raised in the writ petition was still to be adjudicated with no order passed in favour of the deceased petitioner, the court treated the petitions as not to be pursued further.