Sanjucta Kabasi Vs Registrar General & Ors. — Contempt of Court | Delhi HC (2025)

Sanjucta Kabasi Vs Registrar General & Ors. — Contempt of Court | Delhi HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Withdrawal of the writ petition permitted, with leave and liberty to take all grounds taken in the petition when filing a reply to and at the hearing of the Show-Cause Notice dated 04.03.2025; petition dismissed as withdrawn and disposed of accordingly; pending applications disposed of.

Issue for consideration

Whether the show cause notice dated 04.03.2025, issued under the Contempt of Courts Act 1971 by respondent no. 3 (Mr. Gaurav Goyal, JMFC-06(Central), Tis Hazari Courts) in FIR No. 188/2019 and FIR No. 189/2019 (P.S. Civil Lines), together with any consequent proceedings emanating therefrom, should be quashed (Prayer (i)). This issue was not adjudicated — the petition was withdrawn before determination.

Ratio / Principle

Leave and liberty granted to the petitioner to withdraw the present petition, with liberty to take all the grounds taken in the petition at the time of filing a reply to, and hearing of, the Show-Cause Notice.

Key takeaways

The petition is dismissed as withdrawn and disposed of accordingly.ratio¶¶20
Pending application(s), if any, stand disposed of.ratio¶¶21

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

High Court of Delhi (Amit Sharma, J.), order dated 10.03.2025 in W.P.(CRL) 806/2025 & CRL.M.A. 7494/2025 — Sanjucta Kabasi v. Registrar General & Ors. The petition, filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with Section 528 of the BNSS, sought quashing of a show cause notice dated 04.03.2025 issued under the Contempt of Courts Act 1971 by respondent no. 3 (Mr. Gaurav Goyal, JMFC-06(Central), Tis Hazari Courts) in FIR No. 188/2019 and FIR No. 189/2019, P.S. Civil Lines, along with consequent proceedings. Learned counsel sought leave to withdraw the petition with liberty to take all grounds taken therein at the time of filing a reply to and hearing of the Show-Cause Notice. The Court granted leave and liberty, dismissed the petition as withdrawn and disposed of it accordingly, and disposed of pending application(s). The merits of the contempt show cause notice were not examined.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

- W.P.(CRL) 806/2025 & CRL.M.A. 7494/2025

SANJUCTA KABASI .....Petitioner

Through: Appearance not given.

versus

REGISTRAR GENERAL & ORS. .....Respondents

Through: Mr. Chetan Lakur and Mr. Vaibhav Kaul, Advs. for R-1.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT SHARMA

% 10.03.2025

This hearing has been done through hybrid mode.

The present petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with Section 528 of the BNSS seeks the following prayers:

“i) To quash the show cause notice dated 04.03.2025 issued under contempt of courts act 1971 by Mr. Gaurav Goyal (hereinafter the respondent no. 3), JMFC-06(Central), Tis Hazari Courts in FIR No. 188/2019 and FIR No. 189/2019 P.S. Civil Lines., along with any consequent proceedings emanating therefrom.

ii) Any other or further direction/order which your Lordships may deem fit and proper may also be passed in the facts and circumstances of the matter, in the interest of justice.”

Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner seeks leave to withdraw the present petition with liberty to take all the grounds taken herein at the time of filing a reply and hearing to the Show-Cause Notice.

Leave and liberty granted.

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The petition is dismissed as withdrawn and disposed of accordingly.

Pending application(s), if any, also stands disposed of.

AMIT SHARMA, J

MARCH 10, 2025/ kr/Pc

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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 17/03/2025 at 11:23:06