Shahanvaj v. State of U.P. and 3 Others

Court No. - 49 Case :- PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 2837 of 2023 Petitioner :- Shahanvaj Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Amar Jeet Upadhyay Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Sunil Kumar Singh Hon'ble Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi,J.

¶1Heard Sri Amar Jeet Upadhyay, learned counsel for the petitioner; Sri Sridhar Tripathi, learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondent nos.1 to 3 and Sri Sunil Kumar Singh, learned Counsel for the respondent no.4.

¶2At the very outset, learned Standing Counsel has raised a preliminary objection regarding the maintainability of the present Public Interest Litigation as the petitioner has not disclosed the credentials and other details that are required under Sub-Rule (3-A) of Rule 1 of Chapter XXII of the Allahabad High Court Rules (Rules of Court, 1952), which has been amended in the light of judgment passed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in State of Uttranchal versus Balwant Singh Chaufal & others reported in 2010 AIR SCW 1029. He has relied upon the judgement passed by this Court in the case of Bhoopendra Singh versus State of U.P. and others, reported in 2023 (9) ADJ 685.

¶3After arguing the matter at some length, learned counsel for the petitioner prays that at this stage, he does not want to press this petition and the same may be dismissed as not pressed with the liberty granted to the petitioner to file a fresh petition with proper particulars.

¶4The prayer so made by learned counsel for the petitioner is allowed.

¶5Accordingly, this petition is dismissed as not pressed with the aforesaid liberty. Order Date :- 8.12.2023 I.A.Siddiqui High Court of Judicature at Allahabad