Senior Citizen Forum for Environment v. Delhi Development Authority & Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Contempt case CONT.CAS(C) 190/2025, High Court of Delhi, Justice Manoj Jain, 11.02.2025; petitioner Senior Citizen Forum for Environment represented by Paromita Majumdar, Meenakshi Vimal, Jayant Rao; respondents DDA (Manika Tripathy, Sanjay Singh, Gautam Yadav) and GNCTD/respondent No.2 (Abhinav Singh); subject: compliance with directions of order dated 18.11.2024 to decide writ petition/representation; outcome: contempt petition disposed with fresh two-week deadline, scanned writ petition copy emailed to GNCTD counsel, right to revive contempt petition if no decision, and bar on further extension requests; companion application CM APPL. 7480/2025.
What did the court decide?
Contempt petition disposed of with: (i) scanned copy of writ petition to be sent same day to counsel for GNCTD; (ii) fresh direction to both respondents to decide the representation within two weeks from 11.02.2025; (iii) permission to petitioner to revive the contempt petition by appropriate application if no decision follows; and (iv) clarification that no further extension of time will be entertained from the respondents.