Y Bharathi v. Nishant Kumar
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 – Ss.10–12 – Willful violation of writ order
Case brief
What is this about?
AP High Court (Amaravati), Contempt Case No. 726/2020, decided 09.04.2026 by Smt Justice Kiranmayee Mandava. Petitioner Y. Bharathi (counsel K. Rathanga Pani Reddy) sought punishment of contemnors Nishant Kumar (Joint Collector, Ananthapuram District), Guna Bhushan Reddy (Revenue Divisional Officer, Ananthapuram) and Ramanjaneyulu Reddy (Tahsildar, Ananthapuram Mandal) under Sections 10–12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 for disobeying orders in WP No. 6140 of 2020 dated 16.03.2020; GP for Revenue (AP) appeared for the contemnors. The writ petition was disposed of on 28.02.2025, so the contempt case was dismissed as infructuous with no order as to costs. Keywords: contempt, infructuous, disobedience of writ order, Ananthapuram revenue officials.
What did the court decide?
After filing of the contempt case, the writ petition itself was disposed of on 28.02.2025.