Disposed¶22

Ram Niwas Tyagi v. Shri Dharmendra , Chief Secretary and Ors.

Delhi HC10 Feb 2025CONT.CAS(C)/201/2025

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

CONT.CAS(C) 201/2025; Ram Niwas Tyagi vs Shri Dharmendra, Chief Secretary and Ors; High Court of Delhi; Justice Manoj Jain; decision date 10.02.2025; contempt petition; non-compliance with directions dated 05.11.2024 in W.P.(C) 15415/2024; representation pending beyond six weeks; respondents to decide and communicate within two weeks; petitioner did not press; petition disposed; liberty to revive contempt petition by appropriate application.

What did the court decide?

Contempt petition disposed of without initiating contempt proceedings; petitioner retains liberty to revive the contempt petition by appropriate application if the respondents fail to adhere to the two-week time-frame. ¶22

Ram Niwas Tyagi Vs Shri Dharmendra , Chief Secretary and Ors. — Contempt of Court | Delhi HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

¶22

Issue for consideration

Whether contempt proceedings should be initiated against the respondents for not adhering to the directions contained in the order dated 05.11.2024 passed in W.P.(C) 15415/2024.

¶13

Court's answer

The statement of the respondents' counsel that the matter was under active consideration and that a decision would be communicated to the petitioner within two weeks was taken on record by the court.

¶20

Ratio / Principle

As the petitioner, at the moment, did not press the present contempt petition in view of the respondents' assurance, the petition was disposed of accordingly without initiation of contempt proceedings.

¶22

Key takeaways

If the two-week time-frame assured by the respondents is not adhered to, the petitioner is at liberty to revive the present contempt petition by moving an appropriate application.ratio¶23

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

High Court of Delhi (Manoj Jain, J) | CONT.CAS(C) 201/2025 | Order dated 10.02.2025. Ram Niwas Tyagi sought initiation of contempt proceedings against respondents (including Chief Secretary Dharmendra) for non-adherence to the directions in the order dated 05.11.2024 of a Coordinate Bench in W.P.(C) 15415/2024, whereby respondents were to take a decision on his representation within six weeks. Respondents' counsel appeared on advance notice, submitted that the matter was under active consideration, and undertook that a decision would be communicated to the petitioner within two weeks; this statement and assurance was taken on record. The petitioner, at the moment, did not press the petition, which was disposed of accordingly, with liberty reserved to revive the contempt petition by appropriate application if the time-frame was not adhered to by the respondents.

¶1

$~80

¶2

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

¶3

- CONT.CAS(C) 201/2025

¶4

RAM NIWAS TYAGI .....Petitioner

¶5

Through: Mr. Harkesh Parashar with Ms. Anvita Dwivedi, Advocates.

¶6

versus

¶7

SHRI DHARMENDRA , CHIEF SECRETARY AND ORS

¶8

.....Respondents

¶9

Through: Mrs. Avnish Ahlawat, Standing Counsel, GNCTD, Mr. Nitesh Kumar Singh, Ms. Laavanya Kaushik, Ms. Aliza Alam, Mr. Mohnish Sehrawat, Advocates

¶10

CORAM:

¶11

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN

¶12

O R D E R % 10.02.2025

¶13

Petitioner seeks initiation of contempt proceedings against respondents for not adhering to the specific directions contained in order dated 05.11.2024 passed by learned Coordinate Bench of this Court in W.P.(C) 15415/2024 whereby respondents were directed to take a decision on the representation made by the petitioner within a period of six weeks.

¶14

It is submitted that the petitioner has not yet heard anything from respondents.

¶15

Learned counsel for respondents appears on advance notice and submits that the matter is already under active consideration and appropriate decision would be taken and would also be communicated

¶16

CONT.CAS(C) 201/2025

¶17

¶18

This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 17/02/2025 at 17:23:12

¶19

to the petitioner within a period of two weeks from today.

¶20

Such statement and assurance is taken on record.

¶21

In view of the above, the petitioner, at the moment, does not press the present contempt petition.

¶22

The petition is disposed of accordingly.

¶23

However, in case the above said time-frame is not adhered to by the respondents, the petitioner would be at liberty to revive the present contempt petition by moving appropriate application.

¶24

MANOJ JAIN, J

¶25

FEBRUARY 10, 2025 st

¶26

CONT.CAS(C) 201/2025

¶27

¶28

This is a digitally signed order.

¶29

The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 17/02/2025 at 17:23:12

Ram Niwas Tyagi v. Shri Dharmendra , Chief Secretary and Ors.

Case brief

What is this about?

What did the court decide?

Ram Niwas Tyagi v. Shri Dharmendra , Chief Secretary and Ors.

Case brief

What is this about?

What did the court decide?

Why is it important?

What the court decided

Issues for consideration

Procedural history

Parties & counsel

Coram

Case details

Similar cases

Nishita Design and Anr. Vs Clay Craft India Private Limited and Ors.

Yogesh Kumar Vs Pankaj Kaur

Amit Gupta & Anr. Vs Manisha Saxena & Anr.

Shakti Prakash Mishra Vs Ashutosh Sharma & Anr.

Satish Kumar Vs Sh Ashwani Kumar & Ors.

Anita Vs Jatinder Kumar

Jung Bahadur Singh Vs Ashok Kumar Verma and Anr.

Senior Citizen Forum for Environment Vs Delhi Development Authority & Anr.

Manjit Walia through Spa Sachin Walia Vs Delhi Development Authority

Yogesh Kumar Vs Pankaj Kaur

Amit Gupta & Anr. Vs Manisha Saxena & Anr.

Vijit Kumar Vs Delhi Development Authority through Its Vice-Chairman & Ors.

Om Parkash Dang (through Power of Attorney Holder) Vs Union of India & Ors.

Mohd Aftab Vs Municipal Corporation of Delhi & Ors.