Ram Rani Shukla v. Shri Ranjan Kumar, Prin. Secy. Deptt. of Ayush U.P. Lko. and 2 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Contempt Application (CIVIL) 2280 of 2025; Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench; Court No. 17; Manish Kumar, J.; dated 28.08.2025. Applicant: Ram Rani Shukla (counsel Suresh Chandra Kumar Singh). Opposite parties: Shri Ranjan Kumar, Principal Secretary, Department of Ayush, U.P., Lucknow, and 2 others (counsel listed as Verma, Praveen). Subject: deferment of contempt application pending Special Appeal filed with delay; delay condonation objections due within three weeks from 27.08.2025; counter affidavit by respondent no. 3 promising payment as per Court's direction on receipt of papers. Disposition: adjourned - documents taken on record, two weeks granted for objections, listed thereafter. Keywords: contempt, deferment application, special appeal, delay condonation, counter affidavit, payment/compliance with Court direction, adjournment.
What did the court decide?
Matter adjourned: deferment application and short counter affidavit taken on record; two weeks' time granted to learned counsel for the applicant to file objection against the deferment application; case to be listed thereafter. No merits decided.