Sri Bishnu Kumar Chettri v. Sri Sunil Kumar Gupta, Addl. Chief Secretary, Agricultural Marketing Dept.
Case brief
What is this about?
Contempt application CPAN 248 of 2024 (Ct. No. 01) in WPA(P) 495 of 2023, dated 02.07.2024. Keywords: contempt; willful disobedience; order and direction dated 19.09.2023; Kalimpong Regulatory Market; commencement of functioning; representation; Additional Chief Secretary; Agricultural Marketing Department; Government of West Bengal; farmers' livelihood loss; compliance within three weeks; server copy; speed post with acknowledgment due; disposed of. Petitioner: Sri Bishnu Kumar Chettri (Ms. Nilanjana Adhya). Respondent/alleged contemnor: Sri Sunil Kumar Gupta (Mr. Suman Sengupta; Ms. Amrita Panja Moulick). Bench: T. S. Sivagnanam, Chief Justice; Hiranmay Bhattacharyya, J. No statutes or precedent cases cited in the text.
What did the court decide?
Contempt application disposed of; Additional Chief Secretary, Agricultural Marketing Department, Government of West Bengal directed to comply with the directions issued in the writ petition dated 19.09.2023 positively within three weeks from receipt of the server copy of this order, and to communicate the order to the writ petitioner by speed post with acknowledgment due.