Rajendra Sharma v. Mr. Himanshu Gupta, Director General
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur; CONT No. 927 of 2026; Rajendra Sharma v. Himanshu Gupta, Director General Prisons & Correctional Services, Chhattisgarh; single Bench of Bibhu Datta Guru, J.; order dated 16/07/2026; contempt petition dismissed for want of prosecution as petitioner and counsel did not appear on repeated calls and petitioner was found to have lost interest; no counsel for petitioner ('For Petitioner : None'); no statutes, precedents, framed issues or quantum; no substantive adjudication on contempt.
What did the court decide?
As none appeared nor any representation was made on behalf of the petitioner to press the contempt petition on repeated calls, the petitioner appears to have lost interest in pursuing the matter, and the contempt petition is dismissed for want of prosecution. ¶20