Parveen Bano Vs Shashant Shekhar / Tehsildar… — Contempt of Court | Allahabad HC (2026)

Parveen Bano Vs Shashant Shekhar / Tehsildar… — Contempt of Court | Allahabad HC (2026)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Application finally disposed of at this stage: no notice issued; opposite party granted three months' further time from production of certified copy to comply with the order dated 27.05.2025 in Writ Petition No.17144 of 2025, with directions for transmission of the order and liberty to the applicant to approach the court again in case of non-compliance.

Issue for consideration

Whether the opposite party is guilty of willful disobedience of the judgment and order dated 27.05.2025 in Writ Petition No.17144 of 2025 so as to be punished under Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act.

Court's answer

Prima facie, a case is made out for punishing the opposite party for willful disobedience of the judgment and order passed in Writ Petition No.17144 of 2025.

Ratio / Principle

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 27.05.2025 in Writ Petition No.17144 of 2025, reckoned from the date of production of a certified copy of this order.

Key takeaways

Compliance mechanism directed: the applicant shall supply a duly stamped registered envelope addressed to the opposite party and a self-addressed envelope within one week; the office shall send a copy of this order with the contempt application to the opposite party within one week thereafter; the opposite party shall comply with the writ court's directions and intimate the applicant through the self-addressed envelope within a week thereafter.ratio¶17
In case the opposite party does not comply with the order, it would be open to the applicant to approach this court again.ratio¶18

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Contempt of Courts Act, S. 12 – Alleged willful disobedience of order dated 27.05.2025 in Writ Petition No.17144 of 2025; copy served personally on opposite party (Tehsildar) on 21.10.2025 but not complied with – Court finds a prima facie case for punishment, but issues no notice at this stage and grants the opposite party three months' further time, from production of a certified copy of the order, to comply with the writ court's directions – Applicant to supply stamped registered and self-addressed envelopes; office to transmit copy of order with contempt application; opposite party to comply and intimate applicant – Liberty reserved to applicant to approach the court again in case of non-compliance – Application finally disposed of at this stage.

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 2511 of 2026

Parveen Bano

.....Applicant(s)

Versus Shashant Shekhar / Tehsildar Tehsil-Sadar, Mandal Vindhyachal .....Opposite Party(s) Counsel for Applicant(s) : Mohd Saifh, Nitish Kumar Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party(s) :

Court No. - 9

HON'BLE ROHIT RANJAN AGARWAL, J.

1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant.

2. 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 27.05.2025 passed by this Court in Writ Petition No.17144 of 2025.

3. It is contended that applicant had filed aforesaid writ, which was disposed of vide order dated 27.05.2025. Copy of the said order was served to the opposite party personally on 21.10.2025, but the said direction has not been complied with by the opposite party till date.

4. 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.

5. 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 27.05.2025 passed by this Court in Writ Petition No.17144 of 2025 from the date of production of a certified copy of this order.

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

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

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

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

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

(Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J.)

April 20, 2026 SK Goswami

Digitally signed by :- SHIVAKANT GOSWAMI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad