The applicant sought directions to initiate contempt proceedings for non-compliance with a writ court order. The court was informed that the order was already complied with, rendering the application infructuous, and thus dismissed it.
None granted, application dismissed as infructuous upon compliance.
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Court No. - 4
Case :- CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 152 of 2020
Applicant :- Mukesh Khanna And 5 Others Opposite Party :- Manoj Singh, Principal Secretary Counsel for Applicant :- Dhan Pal
Hon'ble Prakash Padia,J.
The applicant is before this Court for a direction to initiate contempt proceeding against the opposite party for wilful disobedience of the judgement and order dated 02.01.2019 passed in Civil Misc. Writ Petition No.44556 of 2014.
Today when the matter is taken up, it is informed by learned counsel for the applicant that the order passed by the writ court has already been complied with, therefore, no cause of action remained survive and prays that the present application be dismissed as infructuous.
In view of the same, the present contempt application is dismissed.
Order Date :- 13.8.2021 Pramod Tripathi
1 issue framed by the court
Whether a contempt application survives if the underlying order has already been complied with?
Mukesh Khanna And 5 Others
Prakash Padia
As recorded by the court registry
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