Mohd. Anas Siddiqui v. Sri Shiv Naresh Singh, Tehsildar Tehsil Tanda Dist. Ambedkar Nagar
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench (Rajeev Singh, J.), Contempt Application (Civil) No. 3752 of 2024, decided 20.9.2024 (2024:AHC-LKO:65016). Applicant Mohd. Anas Siddiqui (counsel Mohd. Imran Khan) sought summons and punishment of opposite party Sri Shiv Naresh Singh, Tehsildar, Tehsil Tanda, District Ambedkar Nagar, for non-compliance of the order dated 8.4.2024 in Matters Under Article 227 No.1732 of 2024 directing decision of a mutation proceeding within three months. Court found the order was served but the proceeding stalled because lawyers abstained from judicial work; application disposed of with liberty to file afresh and pursue the case. Keywords: contempt, mutation proceeding, Tehsildar, Article 227, non-compliance, lawyers' abstention, liberty to move afresh.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the applicant to move a fresh application before the competent court and also pursue the case; no punishment imposed on the opposite party.