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Manglesh Kumar v. Bharat Kumar

Allahabad HC6 May 2026CAPL/3051/2026

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What is this about?

Allahabad High Court (Rohit Ranjan Agarwal, J.) disposed of Contempt Application (Civil) No. 3051 of 2026 filed by Manglesh Kumar under Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act against opposite party Bharat Kumar for alleged willful disobedience of the order dated 06.01.2026 in Writ Petition No. 19435 of 2025 (served on 04.02.2026). Prima facie case found but no notice issued; three months' further time granted to comply; liberty to applicant to approach the Court again on non-compliance.

What did the court decide?

Application finally disposed of at this stage without issuing notice; opposite party granted three months' further time from production of a certified copy to comply with the order dated 06.01.2026 in Writ Petition No. 19435 of 2025; liberty reserved to the applicant to approach the Court again in case of non-compliance.

Manglesh Kumar Vs Bharat Kumar — Contempt of Court | Allahabad HC (2026)

What the court decided

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Issue for consideration

Whether the opposite party is guilty of willful disobedience of the judgment and order dated 06.01.2026 passed in Writ Petition No. 19435 of 2025, warranting punishment under Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act.

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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 aforesaid writ petition.

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Ratio / Principle

No notice was issued to the opposite party at this stage; instead, the opposite party was granted three months' further time to comply with the order dated 06.01.2026 passed in Writ Petition No. 19435 of 2025 from the date of production of a certified copy of the contempt order.

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Key takeaways

The applicant was directed to supply a duly stamped registered envelope addressed to the opposite party and another self-addressed envelope to the office within two weeks, whereupon the office was to send a copy of the order with a copy of the contempt application to the opposite party within one week thereafter.ratio¶13
The opposite party was directed to comply with the directions of the writ court and intimate the applicant through the self-addressed envelope within a week thereafter.ratio¶17

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Contempt of Courts Act, Section 12 — Alleged willful disobedience of judgment and order dated 06.01.2026 (corrected by order dated 13.01.2026) in Writ Petition No. 19435 of 2025 — Prima facie case of willful disobedience made out, but no notice issued to the opposite party at this stage — Opposite party granted three months' further time to comply from the date of production of a certified copy of the contempt order — Applicant to supply duly stamped registered envelope and self-addressed envelope within two weeks; office to transmit copy of order with copy of contempt application within one week thereafter — Opposite party to comply with writ court's directions and intimate applicant through self-addressed envelope — Liberty reserved to applicant to approach the Court again in case of non-compliance — Application finally disposed of at this stage.

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 3051 of 2026

Manglesh Kumar

.....Applicant(s)

Versus

Bharat Kumar .....Opposite Party(s) Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ramendra Kumar Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party(s) :

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Court No. - 9

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HON'BLE ROHIT RANJAN AGARWAL, J.

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Heard learned counsel for the applicant.

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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 06.01.2026, corrected by order dated 13.01.2026 passed by this Court in Writ Petition No. 19435 of 2025.

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It is contended that applicant had approached writ Court through aforesaid writ petition, which was disposed of vide order dated 06.01.2026. Copy of the order of writ Court was served upon opposite party on 04.02.2026 through registered post, but according to the applicant, the said order has not been complied with by the opposite party till date.

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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.

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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 06.01.2026 passed by this Court in Writ Petition No. 19435 of 2025 from the date of production of a certified copy of this order.

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

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CAPL No. 3051 of 2026

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of contempt application to the opposite party within one week thereafter and keep a record thereof.

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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.

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

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

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(Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J.)

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May 7, 2026

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(V. S. SINGH)

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Digitally signed by :- VIDYA SAGAR SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad

Manglesh Kumar v. Bharat Kumar

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