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2026 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 86078
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
M Dhandapani, N Dilip Kumar, JJ
Raj – Appellant
Versus
Registrar (Law), State Human Rights Commission, Tamil Nadu – Respondent
W.P(MD)No.1927 of 2023 | WMP (MD) No.1707 of 2023
For the Appellants/Petitioners: J. David Ganesan
For the Respondents: F. Deepak, S. Arumugam
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 petition is dismissed as having abated. (Para 2)
Issues: Whether the writ petition survives upon the death of the petitioner.
PRAYER : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a Writ of Certiorari to call for the records pertaining to the impugned order dated 26.10.2022 in S.H.R.C.Case no. 637/{22/9/2020} on thefile of the 1st respondent and quash the{same as illegal}
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 writ petitioner submitted that the petitioner had died.
2. Recording the said submission, this writ petition is dismissed as having abated. There shall be no order as to costs. Consequently, the connected miscellaneous petition is closed.
