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2026 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 84652
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
M. Dhandapani, N. Dilip Kumar, JJ
V. Raj – Appellant
Versus
State Human Rights Commissioner Tamil Nadu State Human Rights Commission – Respondent
W.P.(MD).No.15620 of 2022 | W.M.P.(MD).No.11247 of 2022
For the Appellants/Petitioners: A. Sankararamasubramanian
For the Respondents:
A writ petition is dismissed as abated upon the death of the petitioner.
Headnote:(A) Civil Procedure - Abatement - Death of Petitioner - Where the petitioner in a writ petition dies, the proceedings stand dismissed as abated.
Issues: Whether the writ petition can continue after the death of the petitioner.
Prayer: This Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Certiorari, to call for the records pertaining to the impugned report dated 26.10.2021 passed by the 1st respondent and quash the same as illegal.
ORDER
(Order of the Court was made by M.DHANDAPANI.J)
It is submitted by the learned counsel for the writ petitioner that the writ petitioner died.
2.Recording the submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner, the Writ Petition stands dismissed as abated. No costs. Consequently, connected Miscellaneous Petition is closed.
