Manoj Gulshan and Anr. v. N. Saravana Kumar and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Delhi High Court contempt matter, CONT.CAS(C) 1263/2025, decided 08.10.2025 by Amit Sharma, J. Petitioners Manoj Gulshan and Anr.; respondents N. Saravana Kumar and Ors. (counsel for DDA: Sanjay Vashishtha, Siddhartha Goswami, Geetanjali Reddy). Invokes Sections 11 and 12, Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, and Section 151, CPC. Alleges wilful disobedience/non-compliance of order dated 13.05.2025 in W.P.(C) 6335/2025 (DDA to treat writ petition as representation and issue speaking order in eight weeks, communicate in two weeks). Compliance evidenced by DDA speaking order dated 19.09.2025, taken on record; petitioner absent. Result: petition dismissed in default and disposed of; pending applications disposed of. Keywords: wilful disobedience, contempt proceedings, DDA, speaking order, dismissal in default, undertaking/assurance violation.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief; the petition was dismissed in default (none appeared for the petitioner) after compliance with the underlying order was shown, and pending application(s), if any, stand disposed of.