specified in the agreement in relation- (a) to expenditure by way of infructuous or abortive exploration expenses in respect of any area surrendered prior
respondent herein on the ground that the said suit had
become infructuous.
The facts necessary for the disposal of these appeals are as
follows ... dismissal of that suit on the ground the same had become
infructuous because of the subsequent and fresh notice of
termination which was the subject
mineral, and includes any such operation which proves to be infructuous or abortive; (b) "year of commercial production" means the previous year in which
Delhi High Court
dismissing writ petition filed by the present appellants as
infructuous.
The controversy lies within a very narrow compass and
is as under ... High Court
by its order dated 5.12.2001 dismissed the writ petition as
infructuous by observing as follows:
"We are informed that respondent stands
already
contending that the appeal was n
ot
tenable and had been rendered infructuous because he h
ad
re-married before the filing of the appeal ... appeal but the other party by remarriage wou
ld
make the appeal infructuous and therefore the right
of
appeal of one of the parties
Single Judge was of the view
that the said prayer has become infructuous but it proceeded
to mould the relief sought for by the petitioner ... that the learned Single Judge
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having held the writ petition as infructuous ought not to have
moulded the relief and set aside the resolution
learned Single Judge. By the impugned judgment dated 22.10.1997 infructuous writ petitions have been decided. It is submitted that during the period when the judgment ... Committee of Management elected on 21.6.1993, the writ petitions had become infructuous and no order could have been passed. There was unreasonable delay in delivering
Suit No.471/77 seeking sanction of the Court for sale as infructuous.
The relevant part of order of the learned single judge dismissing Civil ... Suit for sanction as infructuous reads thus:
"While so, by affidavit dated 25th November,
1986, Messrs. HPA International, swore
shall be guided by the objectives of promoting competition among entities, avoiding infructuous investment, maintaining or increasing supplies or for securing equitable distribution or ensuring
from his retiral benefits on the dismissal of the writ petition as infructuous.
2. A learned Single Judge of this Court was confronted with ... case the writ petition is ultimately dismissed either on merits or as infructuous. And the contrary view also of the Apex Court in the case