Arvind Kumar Dwivedi vs Sri Rajesh Kumar Verma — Contempt of Court | Allahabad HC (2026)

Arvind Kumar Dwivedi vs Sri Rajesh Kumar Verma — Contempt of Court | Allahabad HC (2026)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Application finally disposed of at this stage: no notice issued to the opposite party; opposite party granted three months' further time, from production of a certified copy of this order, to comply with the order dated 16.12.2025 in Writ Petition No.18916 of 2025; applicant to supply a duly stamped registered envelope addressed to the opposite party and a self-addressed envelope to the office within one week, with the office to transmit a copy of the order and contempt application; opposite party to comply and intimate the applicant through the self-addressed envelope within a week thereafter; liberty reserved to the applicant to approach the Court again in case of non-compliance.

Issue for consideration

Whether the opposite party is liable to be punished under Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act for willful disobedience of the judgment and order dated 16.12.2025 passed by this Court in Writ Petition No.18916 of 2025.

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 (Writ Petition No.18916 of 2025).

Ratio / Principle

No notice was issued to the opposite party at this stage.

Key takeaways

The opposite party was granted three months' further time to comply with the order dated 16.12.2025 passed by this Court in Writ Petition No.18916 of 2025, computed from the date of production of a certified copy of the contempt order.ratio¶12
In case the opposite party does not comply with the order, it would be open to the applicant to approach this Court again.obiter¶18

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Contempt of Courts Act, S. 12 — Civil contempt — Willful disobedience of order dated 16.12.2025 in Writ Petition No.18916 of 2025 (Allahabad High Court) — Certified copy served on opposite party by registered post on 30.12.2025 but direction not complied with — Held, prima facie a case for punishing the opposite party was made out, however no notice was issued at this stage and the opposite party was granted three months' further time, from the date of production of a certified copy of the contempt order, to comply with the writ court's directions — Applicant to supply a stamped registered envelope addressed to the opposite party and a self-addressed envelope within one week; office to send a copy of the order with the contempt application and keep a record; opposite party to comply and intimate the applicant within a week thereafter — In case of continued non-compliance, applicant at liberty to approach the Court again — Application finally disposed of (Rohit Ranjan Agarwal, J.).

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 3162 of 2026

Arvind Kumar Dwivedi

.....Applicant(s)

Versus Sri Rajesh Kumar Verma .....Opposite Party(s) Counsel for Applicant(s) : Yogesh Kumar Saxena 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 16.12.2025 passed by this Court in Writ Petition No.18916 of 2025.

3. It is contended that applicant had filed aforesaid writ, which was disposed of vide order dated 16.12.2025. Copy of the said order was served to the opposite party through registered post on 30.12.2025, 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 16.12.2025 passed by this Court in Writ Petition No.18916 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 the self-addressed envelope of the applicant with a copy of contempt

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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.)

May 12, 2026 SK Goswami

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