The District Magistrate & Collector, Howrah & Ors. v. Shanti Devi Jaiswal(Deceased) Reptd by Pradip Jaiswal & Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Interim contempt order dated March 16, 2026 in CPAN 2056 of 2025 arising in FMA No. 356 of 2018. Prima facie contempt found for alleged deliberate flouting of the order as modified on November 27, 2025, whereby only the portion directing the B.L. & L.R.O. to record the punishment was set aside and the rest sustained. Directions: petitioners to serve contempt application on alleged contemnors; next listing March 30, 2026; affidavit-of-service to be filed. Petitioner side: Shanti Devi Jaiswal (deceased), represented by Pradip Jaiswal; alleged contemnors: Kaberi Das and others; counsel: Reshmi Ghosh, Parna Mukherjee; Bench: Supratim Bhattacharya and Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya.
What did the court decide?
Petitioners directed to serve copies of the contempt application on the alleged contemnors; application to be listed on March 30, 2026, when an affidavit-of-service is to be filed by the petitioners.