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2026 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 86080
MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
M. Dhandapani, N. Dilip Kumar, JJ
S. Lekshmanan – Appellant
Versus
Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kanyakumari District, Nagercoil – Respondent
W.P(MD)No.21056 of 2022|WMP (MD) No.15287 of 2022
For the Appellants/Petitioners: A. Mohamed Haneef
For the Respondents: M. Chandrasekar
A writ petition is rendered infructuous and closed when the parties involved reach an amicable settlement during the pendency of the litigation.
Headnote:(A) Writ Jurisdiction - Settlement of Dispute - Where the parties have amicably settled the dispute during the pendency of the writ petition, the petition becomes infructuous and is liable to be closed. (Para 2)
Issues: Whether the writ petition survives after an amicable settlement between the petitioner and the respondent bank.
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 relating to the impugned order dated 11.07.2022 in Crl. M.P.No.2310 of 2022 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 was taken up for hearing, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that, during the pendency of the writ petition, the dispute between the petitioner and the Bank has been amicably settled. In view of the settlement, nothing further survives for adjudication in the present writ petition.
2. Recording the above submission, this writ petition is closed as having become infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. Consequently, the connected miscellaneous petition is closed.
