Askar Ali v. Surendra Kr. Meena
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: contempt application disposed; CPAN/115/2024; WPA(P)/163/2023; Askar Ali; Surendra Kumar Meena; State of West Bengal and Ors.; non-compliance with direction issued in writ petition; order passed by the authority; liberty to challenge order before appropriate forum; Chief Justice T. S. Sivagnanam; Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya; decision date 16.07.2024. Substance: bench held that a plea that the respondents' post-direction order is not in strict compliance can be urged only upon challenging that order, and disposed of the contempt application with such liberty. No statutes or precedent cases cited; no amounts.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioners to challenge the order passed by the authority before the appropriate forum in accordance with law. ¶9