Kakali Mondal Vs Arup Sengupta — Calcutta HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Kakali Mondal Vs Arup Sengupta — Calcutta HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

All four contempt applications (CPAN 319 of 2025, WPCRC 19 of 2025, WPCRC 20 of 2025 and WPCRC 22 of 2025) disposed of upon confirmation of compliance with the order in question in respect of all the petitioners; Rule, if any, discharged; no order as to costs; parties directed to act on the server copy downloaded from the official website of the Court.

Issue for consideration

Whether the order in question in the underlying writ proceedings stands complied with in respect of all the petitioners, such that nothing further remains to be adjudicated in the contempt applications (CPAN 319 of 2025, WPCRC 19 of 2025, WPCRC 20 of 2025 and WPCRC 22 of 2025).

Court's answer

Compliance with the order in question in respect of all the petitioners, as submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners, was confirmed on the record by Mr. Arabindo Chatterjee and Mr. T.M. Siddiqui, learned Senior Advocates appearing for the DPSC and the State respectively.

Ratio / Principle

In view of the confirmed compliance, nothing further remains to be adjudicated in the contempt applications.

Key takeaways

All the contempt applications shall stand disposed of and the Rule, if any, shall stand discharged.ratio¶14

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Contempt — disposal upon confirmed compliance. By order dated 25.04.2025, Rajasekhar Mantha, J. dealt with four contempt applications arising out of writ proceedings: CPAN 319 of 2025 (in WPA 24875 of 2022), WPCRC 19 of 2025 (in WPA 24875 of 2022), WPCRC 20 of 2025 with CAN 1 and 2 of 2024 (in WPA 20966 of 2022) and WPCRC 22 of 2025 (in WPA 8094 of 2022). Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the order in question had been complied with in respect of all the petitioners, and Mr. Arabindo Chatterjee and Mr. T.M. Siddiqui, learned Senior Advocates for the DPSC, North 24-Parganas and the State respectively, confirmed the same. Holding that nothing further remained to be adjudicated, the Court disposed of all the contempt applications, discharged the Rule, if any, and made no order as to costs. Respondent-side parties / alleged contemnors: Sri. Debabrata Sarkar, The Chairman, District Primary School Council, North 24-Parganas, and Sri Arup Sengupta, The Commissioner of School Education. No statute or precedent was cited or discussed.

25.04.2025 Court No.13 Item Nos. 11 to 14 sp CPAN 319 of 2025 In WPA 24875 of 2022 Arijit Debnath and Ors. Vs. Sri. Debabrata Sarkar, The Chairman, District Primary School Council, North 24-Parganas & Anr. With WPCRC 19 of 2025 In WPA 24875 of 2022 Manoj Sarkar and Ors. Vs. Sri Arup Sengupta, The Commissioner of School Education With WPCRC 20 of 2025 In WPA 20966 of 2022 With CAN 1 of 2024 With CAN 2 of 2024 Kakali Mondal and Ors. Vs. Mr. Arup Sengupta, The Commissioner of School Education and Anr. With WPCRC 22 of 2025 In WPA 8094 of 2022 Joyanti Saren Vs. Sri Debabrata Sarkar, The Chairman, District Primary School Council & Ors.

Mr. Subir Sanyal, ld. Senior Advocate Mr. Ratul Biswas, Mr. Somesh Ghosh Mr. Sourojit Mukherjee ... For the Petitioner in CPAN 319 of 2025 and WPCRC 19 of 2025.

Mr. Amlan Kumar Mukherjee Mr. Rajit Lal Maitra

... For the Petitioner in WPCRC 20 of 2025.

Mr. Sandip Kumar De Mr. Abhijit Sarkar

... For the Petitioner in WPCRC 22 of 2025.

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Mr. T.M. Siddiqui, ld. Senior Advocate Mr. Avishek Prasad Mr. N. Chatterjee Mr. T. Chakraborty Ms. Kalpita Paul ... For the alleged contemnors in WPCRC 19 of 2025 .

Mr. T.M. Siddiqui, ld. Senior Advocate Mr. Sirsanya Bandopadhyay, Senior Standing Counsel Ms. Tapati Samanta Mr. Tanoy Chakraborty Mr. Avishek Prasad Mr. Saaqib Siddiqui Ms. Kalpita Paul ... For the alleged contemnors in WPCRC 20 of 2025.

Mr. T.M. Siddiqui, ld. Senior Advocate Mr. Avishek Prasad Mr. T. Chakraborty Ms. Kalpita Paul ... For the alleged contemnors in WPCRC 22 of 2025.

Mr. Arabindo Chatterjee, ld. Senior Advocate Mr. Bhaskar Prasad Vaisya Mr. Pinaki Bhattacharyya ... For the DPSC, North 24-Parganas.

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the order in question has been complied with in respect of all the petitioners. The same is confirmed by Mr. Arabindo Chatterjee and Mr. T.M. Siddiqui, learned Senior Advocates for the DPSC and the State respectively.

In that view of the matter, nothing further remains to be adjudicated in the contempt applications.

All the contempt applications shall stand disposed of. Rule, if any, shall stand discharged.

There shall be no order as to costs.

All parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court.

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(Rajasekhar Mantha, J.)