In a contempt petition where the petitioner complained that the respondent violated an order deferring disciplinary proceedings, the respondent admitted inadvertence. The court held the complaint was resolved and disposed of the petition.
The contempt petition does not survive and is disposed of.
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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
DR PANKAJ KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Dubey, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj, Mr. Omkar Hemanth and Mr. Zeeshan Ahmad, Advs.
versus
RP MISRA & ORS. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sandeep Kumar Mahapatra, CGSC with Mr. Krishna Chaitanya, GP, Mr. Tribhuvan, Mr. Ishaan Malhotra and Mr. Lokesh Singh, Advs.
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL
O R D E R % 17.01.2025
CONT.CAS(C) 57/2025 & CM APPL. 2900/2025 [Exemption]
1. The grievance of the petitioner in this contempt petition is that, despite having made a statement before this Court on 27 September 2022 that the disciplinary proceedings against the petitioner would be deferred, the respondent has asked the petitioner to appear before it in the disciplinary proceedings.
2. Mr. Mahapatra, on instructions, submits that the said communication was issued by inadvertence and submits, on instructions, that the petitioner need not appear in the disciplinary
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proceedings in compliance therewith.
3. In view thereof, the contempt petition does not survive for consideration and is accordingly disposed of.
C. HARI SHANKAR, J.
AJAY DIGPAUL, J.
JANUARY 17, 2025 ar
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1 provisions across 1 enactments
Dr Pankaj Kumar
RP Misra
C. Hari Shankar
Ajay Digpaal
As recorded by the court registry
Proceedings for wilful disobedience of a court order under the Contempt of Courts Act 1971.
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