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

Courts allow the voluntary withdrawal of legal petitions upon request and provide a fixed, final timeframe for curing procedural filing defects, stipulating that failure to comply within the prescribed period results in the automatic dismissal of the matter.

Headnote:(A) Practice and Procedure - Withdrawal of petitions - Petitioner seeking permission to withdraw matters - Permission granted and matters dismissed as withdrawn.

(B) Practice and Procedure - Curing of defects - Direction for Registry to verify compliance - Grant of further time for curing defects - Consequences of non-compliance - Default in curing defects leading to dismissal without further reference to the Court.

Facts of the case:
A large number of petitions listed for hearing were subjected to orders based on their current status: some were withdrawn by the petitioners, some had their defects already cured, and others required further time to rectify filing defects.

Findings of Court:
The Court permitted the withdrawal of specific matters. For those where defects were contested as cured, the Registry was directed to verify the same. For the remaining matters, a six-week window was provided to rectify procedural flaws, with the stipulation that failure to comply would result in dismissal.

Issues: The issues addressed were the voluntary withdrawal of pending petitions and the procedural requirements for curing filing defects to ensure the maintainability of litigation.

Ratio Decidendi: Litigants possess the right to seek withdrawal of their petitions, and the court maintains the authority to regulate procedural compliance by granting fixed timelines for rectifying defects, with mandatory dismissal as the outcome for continued non-compliance.

Result: Specific petitions dismissed as withdrawn; remaining matters granted time for curing defects.

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

Courts allow the voluntary withdrawal of legal petitions upon request and provide a fixed, final timeframe for curing procedural filing defects, stipulating that failure to comply within the prescribed period results in the automatic dismissal of the matter.

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