Coal Employees Welfare PIL Dismissed for Default

Authority: High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi

Order Date: 19 May 2023

Case Overview

• Petitioners: Coal Employees Welfare Association and another party.
• Respondents: Union of India and other respondents.
• Nature of proceeding: Public Interest Litigation (W.P. No. 4486 of 2022) concerning alleged defects in the petition.
• A peremptory order dated 31 March 2023 directed the petitioners to remove identified defects within a stipulated period, with a further direction that the matter would be listed on 19 May 2023 if compliance was achieved.

Final Outcome

• The petitioners failed to remove the defects by the deadline.
• Accordingly, the Registry dismissed the petition, and the Listing Section erroneously listed it as live litigation.
• The Court directed that the matter be treated as dismissed for default as of 17 April 2023.

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