Abdul Salaam Mohammed Mustafa Khan vs Ravindra Kumar Shrivastava — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Abdul Salaam Mohammed Mustafa Khan vs Ravindra Kumar Shrivastava — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Time granted as a last chance to the Respondents to remain present on 5th December 2025 ('first on board' at 11:00 a.m.); failing such presence of Respondent Nos. 1 and 2, non-bailable warrants are to be issued against them.

Issue for consideration

Whether the Respondents, having admittedly violated the undertakings recorded in the Order dated 16th December 2024 in Civil Revision Application No.582 of 2024, should face coercive steps for their continued absence from the Court. +1 more

Court's answer

The Court records that the undertakings given to the Court, as recorded by the learned Single Judge in the Order dated 16th December 2024, have been violated.

Ratio / Principle

As a last chance, the matter is stood over to 5th December 2025, to be shown 'first on board' at 11:00 a.m.; if Respondent No.1-Ravindra Kumar Shrivastava and Respondent No.2-Manoj Kumar Mishra fail to remain present in Court on that date, the Court will issue non-bailable warrants against them.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Bombay High Court (Madhav J. Jamdar, J.), Contempt Petition No.773 of 2025 (arising out of Civil Revision Application No.582 of 2024), order dated 02 December 2025: Petitioner Abdul Salaam Mohd. Mustafa Khan initiated contempt proceedings against Respondents Ravindra Kumar Shrivastava and Manoj Kumar Mishra for violation of undertakings accepted to the Court by Order dated 16th December 2024 of Sandeep V. Marne, J., wherein liberty had been expressly granted to initiate contempt proceedings upon breach. The Court records that the undertakings stand admittedly violated; the Respondents, despite time granted by Order dated 25th June 2025 of N.J. Jamadar, J. coupled with a warning of coercive steps, were again absent when the matter was called on. Counsel for the Respondents sought more time. As a last chance, the matter stands over to 5th December 2025, to be shown 'first on board' at 11:00 a.m.; it is made clear that if Respondent No.1-Ravindra Kumar Shrivastava and Respondent No.2-Manoj Kumar Mishra fail to remain present on that date, the Court will issue non-bailable warrants against them.

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Arjun

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

Digitallysigned by CONTEMPT PETITION NO.773 OF 2025 ARJUN ARJUN VITTHAL IN VITTHAL KUDHEKAR KUDHEKAR Date: CIVIL REVISION APPLICATION NO.582 OF 2024 2025.12.03 21:58:54 +0530 Abdul Salaam Mohd. Mustafa Khan …Petitioner Versus Ravindra Kumar Shrivastava & Anr. …Respondents _______________________________________________________________ Mr. Ram Upadhyay, for the Petitioner. Mr. Shubham Tripathi (Through Video Conferencing), for the Respondents. _______________________________________________________________ CORAM: MADHAV J. JAMDAR, J. DATED: 02 DECEMBER 2025

P.C.:

Mr. Tripathi, learned Counsel appearing for the Respondents, submits that more time be granted to the Respondents to remain present before this Court.

However, perusal of the record shows that a learned Single Judge [Coram: Sandeep V. Marne, J.], by Order dated 16th December 2024 passed in Civil Revision Application No.582 of 2024, has accepted the statements made on behalf of the Respondents as undertakings given to this Court and it has been further recorded that if the said undertakings are violated, liberty is granted to the present Petitioner to initiate proceedings for contempt of Court.

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Admittedly, the undertakings which have been given to this Court, as recorded by the learned Single Judge in the Order dated 16th December 2024, have been violated.

In this Contempt Petition, a learned Single Judge [Coram: N.J. Jamadar, J.], by Order dated 25th June 2025 has granted time for the Respondents to remain present in this Court, but also recorded that if the Respondents failed to appear before the Court, then the Court would be constrained to take coercive steps to secure their presence.

Today, although the matter is placed on board, the Respondents are not present.

Mr. Tripathi, learned Counsel for the Respondents seeks more time. However, as a last chance, stand over to 5th December 2025 . To be shown ‘first on board’ at 11:00 a.m. .

It is made clear that if the Respondent No.1-Ravindra Kumar Shrivastava and Respondent No.2-Manoj Kumar Mishra, fail to remain present in the Court on that date, the Court will be constrained to issue non bailable warrants against them.

[MADHAV J. JAMDAR, J.]

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