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2025 Supreme(Online)(SC) 111121

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Vijay Bishnoi, J
Carminia Dias Mandoly – Appellant
Versus
Public Information Officer – Respondent
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The court maintains discretion to grant leave for the withdrawal of petitions that are either voluntarily abandoned or found to be non-maintainable. Furthermore, a strict procedural timeline is imposed for curing filing defects to ensure administrative compliance, resulting in automatic dismissal if such defaults remain unaddressed.

Headnote:(A) Practice and Procedure - Withdrawal of petitions - The petitioner is granted leave to withdraw a matter, including requests based on grounds of non-maintainability, resulting in dismissal without adjudication on merits.

(B) Practice and Procedure - Defective filings - Where defects in a petition have been rectified, the registry is directed to verify the same for further processing; where defects remain, a fixed period is granted to ensure compliance, failing which the petition stands dismissed without further judicial intervention.

Facts of the case:
Multiple applications were listed for a chamber hearing. In several instances, counsel sought permission to withdraw the petitions, either unconditionally or due to the lack of maintainability. In other matters, it was submitted that the defects previously identified by the registry had been addressed. For the remaining matters, the court provided a fixed timeline for the cure of filing defects.

Findings of Court:
Permission to withdraw is granted, and such matters are dismissed as withdrawn. Matters where defects are claimed to be cured are to be verified by the registry. For remaining matters, a specific timeframe is allotted for rectifying procedural defaults, with the consequence of dismissal for failure to comply.

Issues: The main issues addressed were the permissibility of withdrawing petitions, the mechanism for verifying cured defects, and the imposition of a final deadline for procedural compliance to ensure case finality.

Ratio Decidendi: The court maintained its inherent authority to grant withdrawal of petitions upon request and established a strict procedural framework where, in the interest of judicial efficiency, a limited window is provided for rectifying administrative defects, beyond which the consequence of dismissal is automatically triggered.

Result: Certain matters dismissed as withdrawn; registries directed to verify cured defects; time granted for remaining matters to cure defects on penalty of dismissal.

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