Ram Ashish Ram Vs Mr. Devendra Kumar Gupta, District… — Contempt of Court | Allahabad HC (2026)

Ram Ashish Ram Vs Mr. Devendra Kumar Gupta, District… — Contempt of Court | Allahabad HC (2026)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Application finally disposed of at this stage without issuing notice; opposite party granted three months' further time to comply with the order dated 11.12.2024 in Writ Petition No.19668 of 2024; liberty reserved 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 11.12.2024 passed in Writ Petition No.19668 of 2024, attracting punishment under Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act.

Court's answer

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

Ratio / Principle

No notice was issued to the opposite party at this stage; the opposite party was granted three months' further time to comply with the order dated 11.12.2024 in Writ Petition No.19668 of 2024 from the date of production of a certified copy of this order.

Key takeaways

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; the office shall send a copy of the order along with the contempt application to the opposite party within one week thereafter and keep a record thereof.ratio¶13
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 — Section 12 — alleged willful disobedience of judgment and order dated 11.12.2024 in Writ Petition No.19668 of 2024 — copy of order served personally on opposite party on 22.12.2024 but not complied with — prima facie case made out for punishing the opposite party — however, no notice issued at this stage — opposite party granted three months' further time to comply from date of production of certified copy of the order — applicant to supply registered and self-addressed envelopes; office to transmit copy of order and contempt application and keep record — liberty 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. - 2532 of 2026

Ram Ashish Ram

.....Applicant(s)

Versus Mr. Devendra Kumar Gupta, District Inspector Of Schools And Another .....Opposite Party(s) Counsel for Applicant(s) : Gopal Ji Rai 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 11.12.2024 passed by this Court in Writ Petition No.19668 of 2024.

3. It is contended that applicant had filed aforesaid writ, which was disposed of vide order dated 11.12.2024 Copy of the said order was served to the opposite party personally on 22.12.2024, 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 11.12.2024 passed by this Court in Writ Petition No.19668 of 2024 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