Vivek Verma v. State of Punjab and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Settlement-based withdrawal of a criminal writ petition before the High Court of Punjab and Haryana: Vivek Verma (petitioner) v. State of Punjab and Others (respondents), CRWP-1000-2026 (O&M), decided orally on 11.03.2026 by Ms. Justice Mandeep Pannu. Keywords: withdrawal of petition; settlement between parties; infructuous petition; status report taken on record; pending applications disposed of. Advocates: Supneet Singh (holding brief of P.S. Dhaliwal) for the petitioner; Hardeep Hans, AAG Punjab, for the State. No legal proposition, statutory provision or precedent is engaged; the speaking/reasoned and reportable indicators are left unmarked.
What did the court decide?
On the joint submission of learned counsel for the parties that the matter had been settled between the parties, the Court ordered that the petition be dismissed as withdrawn as having become infructuous, and all pending applications, if any, stood disposed of.