Disposed

Smt. Baby v. Shri Ravindra Singh, D.M.

Allahabad HC12 Sept 2023CAPL/6244/2023

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What is this about?

Contempt application filed against the District Magistrate for non-compliance with a writ court order. The Single Judge, finding a prima facie case, did not issue notice at this stage. Instead, it granted the opposite party three months to comply and directed issuance of a show-cause notice.

What did the court decide?

Granted three months to comply with the order dated 20.02.2023; no notice issued at this stage.

Smt. Baby Vs Shri Ravindra Singh, D.M. — Contempt of Court | Allahabad HC (2023)

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Neutral Citation No. - 2023:AHC:176868

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Court No. - 9

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Case :- CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 6244 of 2023

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Applicant :- Smt. Baby Opposite Party :- Shri Ravindra Singh, D.M. Counsel for Applicant :- Guru Prasad Mishra

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Hon'ble Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J.

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The present contempt application has been filed under Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act for punishing the Opposite Party for willful disobedience of the judgment and order dated 20.02.2023 passed by this Court in Writ C No. 2134 of 2023.

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It is contended that applicant had approached writ Court through aforesaid writ petition, which was disposed of vide order dated 20.02.2023. Copy of the order of writ Court was served upon opposite party on 15.03.2023, but according to the applicant, the said order has not been complied with by the opposite party till date.

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Prima facie , a case has been made out for punishing the opposite party for willful disobedience of the judgment and order passed in the aforesaid writ petition.

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However, no notice is issued to the opposite party at this stage. The opposite party is granted three months' further time to comply with the order dated 20.02.2023 passed by this Court in Writ C No. 2134 of 2023 from the date of production of a certified copy of this order.

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The applicant shall supply a duly stamped registered envelope addressed to the opposite party and another selfaddressed envelope to the office within two weeks from today. The office shall send a copy of this order along with the self-

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addressed envelope of the applicant with a copy of contempt application to the opposite party within one week thereafter and keep a record thereof.

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The opposite party shall comply with the directions of the writ court and intimate the applicant the order through the selfaddressed envelop within a week thereafter.

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In case, the opposite party does not comply with the order, it would be open to the applicant to approach this court again.

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With the aforesaid observations, this application is finally disposed of at this stage.

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Order Date :- 12.9.2023 Kushal

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Digitally signed by :- KUSHAL AGRAWAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad

Smt. Baby v. Shri Ravindra Singh, D.M.

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