Swami Nath Maurya v. Shri Aziz Ahmad, Director, Technical Edu. Kanpur
Contempt – compliance with order of the writ court
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench (Saurabh Lavania, J., May 6, 2026), Contempt Application (Civil) No. 1417 of 2026 — Swami Nath Maurya v. Shri Aziz Ahmad, Director, Technical Edu. Kanpur: contempt proceeding regarding compliance with a writ court order; affidavit of compliance filed by State Counsel and objection by applicant taken on record; held that merit of the case cannot be decided in the contempt jurisdiction; contempt application dismissed with liberty to approach appropriate Forum/Court. Precedents relied on: J.S. Parihar (AIR 1997 SC 113); Lalit Mathur ((2000) 10 SCC 285); Ashok Kumar Pandey (2003 (5) AWC 4393); Brahma Deo Tiwari (2004 (1) AWC 543); Shail Raj Kishore (2004 (3) AWC 2444); Anil Kumar Shahi (2) ((2008) 14 SCC 115); Hari Raj Kishore (2007(1) JCLR 639).
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the applicant/petitioner to approach appropriate Forum/Court, if so aggrieved by it.