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2025 Supreme(Online)(SC) 111038

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Vijay Bishnoi, J
Carminia Dias Mandoly – Appellant
Versus
Public Information Officer – Respondent
MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION Diary No(s). 1272/2025

The court maintains its inherent power to allow the withdrawal of petitions and upholds strict procedural compliance by setting fixed, peremptory timelines for rectifying filing defects, thereby ensuring the orderly management and maintainability of the judicial docket.

Headnote:(A) Procedural Law - Withdrawal of proceedings - Defective filings - The court grants leave to parties to withdraw petitions upon application. Matters identified as not maintainable are subject to dismissal by the presiding authority. Where counsel claims that registry-noted defects have been cured, the registry is directed to verify the updated status. A strict timeline of six weeks is mandated for the removal of all procedural defects, with a default clause providing for the dismissal of matters upon failure to comply.

Facts of the case:
A large number of miscellaneous petitions were listed before the court. Some counsel sought permission to withdraw their respective matters, while one matter was specifically withdrawn due to its lack of maintainability. In several other instances, the petitioners’ counsel represented that the defects previously identified by the registry had been rectified. For the remaining matters, defects persisted.

Findings of Court:
The court granted the requests for withdrawal and dismissed the non-maintainable matter. It ordered verification of the corrected filings by the office of the registry. For all other pending matters, the court imposed a peremptory deadline of six weeks to cure all outstanding defects, failing which the petitions are to stand dismissed without further recourse to judicial intervention.

Issues: The main issues addressed concerned the request per the parties for the withdrawal of their respective petitions, the determination of the maintainability of specific filings, and the establishment of a deadline for the rectification of procedural defects in the case filings.

Ratio Decidendi: The court exercises judicial discretion to permit the cessation of litigation at the instance of the parties and upholds the necessity of strict compliance with registry procedures to ensure the effective and orderly administration of justice.

Result: Petitions withdrawn as requested; specific matters dismissed for lack of maintainability; registry directed to verify cured defects; six weeks granted to rectify remaining defects to avoid automatic dismissal.

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2025 Supreme(Online)(SC) 111038

SUPREME COURT OF INDIAVijay Bishnoi, JCarminia Dias Mandoly – AppellantVersusPublic Information Officer – RespondentMISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION Diary No(s). 1272/2025

The court maintains its inherent power to allow the withdrawal of petitions and upholds strict procedural compliance by setting fixed, peremptory timelines for rectifying filing defects, thereby ensuring the orderly management and maintainability of the judicial docket.

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Vijay Bishnoi, J
Carminia Dias Mandoly – Appellant
Versus
Public Information Officer – Respondent
MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION Diary No(s). 1272/2025