Bejon Misra v. Union of India

A consumer advocate sued the Indian government asking for the voiding of an order in which the Executive Authority restored subsidies and exemptions to the manufacturers of gutka and chewing tobacco products. The court dismissed the lawsuit because the order in question had been withdrawn by the government.

Bejon Misra v. Union of India and Ors., Writ Petition (Civil) No. 7789/2006, High Court of Delhi (2007).

  • India
  • May 10, 2007
  • The High Court of Delhi
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Plaintiff Bejon Misra

Defendant Union of India

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Tobacco Control Topics

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"Learned counsel for the respondents submits on instructions that the impugned notification mentioned in para 'A' of the prayer part extracted above have since been withdrawn by the Government. In that view, therefore, nothing really survives for consideration in this petition which fails and is hereby dismissed but in the circumstances without any order as to costs."