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2026 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 81487
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
M. Dhandapani, N. Dilip Kumar, JJ
A. Sethu – Appellant
Versus
Registrar (Law), State Human Rights Commission – Respondent
W.P(MD)No.13325 of 2022 | WMP (MD) Nos.9457 and 9458 of 2022
For the Appellants/Petitioners: RM. Arun Swaminathan
For the Respondents: R. Karunanithi
A writ petition is dismissed as infructuous when the relief sought is no longer required or the cause of action no longer exists, as submitted by the petitioner's counsel.
Headnote:(A) Writ Jurisdiction - Infructuous Petition - Where the petitioner's counsel submits that the prayer sought has become infructuous, the court may dismiss the petition as nothing further survives for adjudication. (Para 2)
Issues: Whether the writ petition has become infructuous.
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| 1. dismissal of petition as infructuous (Para 1 , 2) |
PRAYER :
Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a Writ of Certiorari calling for the records pertaining to the Impugned Proceedings in SHRC No.1639/2019 on the file of the 1st respondent and quash the same.
O R D E R
(Order of the Court was made by M.DHANDAPANI, J.)
When the matter came up for hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the prayer sought for in this writ petition has become infructuous and therefore, nothing further survives for adjudication in the present writ petition.
2. Recording the said submission, this writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. Consequently, the connected miscellaneous petitions are closed.
