03.09.2026 Court No.25 D/L No.17 S. Gayen In the High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side WPA 21888 of 2026 Sk. MD. Afzal Versus Union of India & Ors. Mr. Abdus Salam …for the Petitioner Mr. Anish Kumar Mukherjee Mr. Tamoghna Pramanick …for the State Mr. Dhiraj Kumar Trivedi, Ld. ASGI Mr. Sukanta Chakraborty Mr. Arijit Mazumdar …for the Union of India 1. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the present writ petition has become infructuous in view of the judgment passed by this Court dated August 21, 2026. 2. Accordingly, WPA 21888 of 2026 is dismissed as infructuous. (Krishna Rao, J.)