National Federation of Fisherman Cooperative Ltd. Vs B.K… — Contempt of Court | Delhi HC (2026)

National Federation of Fisherman Cooperative Ltd. Vs B.K… — Contempt of Court | Delhi HC (2026)

What the court decided

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Outcome

Disposed

Issue for consideration

Whether Mr. Rishikesh Kashyap, purporting to act as Managing Director, has locus standi to initiate the present petition on behalf of the National Federation of Fisherman Cooperative Ltd. (FISHCOPFED).

Court's answer

Since the Division Bench order dated 07.05.2024 in W.P.(C) 5700/2024 (which dismissed the writ petition filed through Mr. Rishikesh Kashyap for want of legal recognition as Managing Director) has not been interfered with in any subsequent proceedings, Mr. Rishikesh Kashyap has no locus to file the present petition on behalf of the concerned society.

Key takeaways

Mr. Rishikesh Kashyap shall be at liberty to avail legal remedies in his individual capacity, as directed by the Division Bench of this Court vide Paragraph 5 of the order dated 07.05.2024.obiter¶17
In case any subsequent directions have been issued for appointment of an Administrator (as contended by the petitioner), it shall be for the Administrator to take appropriate legal recourse on behalf of the society.obiter¶18

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Delhi High Court (Sachin Datta, J.), CONT.CAS(C) 1360/2023 with CM APPL. 48434/2023, order dated 19.01.2026: Petition initiated in the name of the National Federation of Fisherman Cooperative Ltd. (FISHCOPFED) purportedly through its Managing Director, Mr. Rishikesh Kashyap, disposed of for want of locus standi. Relying on the Division Bench order dated 07.05.2024 in W.P.(C) 5700/2024 — which found no legal recognition of Mr. Kashyap as Managing Director, recalled the order dated 24.04.2024 and dismissed that writ petition — and noting that the said order remains un-interfered-with, the court held that Mr. Kashyap has no locus to file the present petition on behalf of the society. He remains at liberty to pursue legal remedies, including arbitration, in his individual capacity as per Paragraph 5 of the order dated 07.05.2024 (liberty reserved vide order dated 05.03.2024 in OMP No. 1/2021); if an Administrator has meanwhile been appointed, it shall be for the Administrator to take appropriate legal recourse on behalf of the society. The petition and the pending application stand disposed of.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

- CONT.CAS(C) 1360/2023, CM APPL. 48434/2023

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF FISHERMAN COOPERATIVE LTD. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Zahid Hanief, Ms. Sonu Lohia and Ms. Shazia Kidwai, Advocates.

versus

B.K MISHRA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Kotla Harshvardhan, Ms. Gayatri Gupta and Ms. Divija Mahajan, Advocates.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA O R D E R % 19.01.2026

The present petition has been initiated on behalf of the National Federation of Fisherman Cooperative Ltd. (FISHCOPFED) purportedly through its Managing Director, Mr. Rishikesh Kashyap.

During the course of hearing, it is noticed that in the context of W.P.(C) 5700/2024 filed by the same society through Mr. Rishikesh Kashyap, the order dated 07.05.2024 reads as under:-

“4. In our considered opinion, in view of the aforesaid factual scenario where the persons in-charge of the affairs of the Society are members represented by the review Applicant, who were elected on 25^th February, 2021 and there is no legal recognition of Sh. Rishikesh Kashyap as the Managing Director of the Society, the writ petition could not have been maintained by Sh. Rishikesh Kashyap in the name of the Society, i.e., FISHCOPFED. Thus, since the order dated 24th April, 2024 was passed on the premise that the present petition has been filed by the Society, the said assumption having been proved to be incorrect, the said order is hereby recalled and the present writ petition is dismissed.

5. However, the dismissal of this petition shall not preclude any affected

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party including Mr. Rishikesh Kashyap to avail its remedy of arbitration in his/her independent capacity before the appropriate forum in accordance with the liberty reserved by the Court vide order dated 05^th March, 2024 in OMP No. 1/2021.”

Admittedly, the said order dated 07.05.2024 passed by the Division Bench of this Court in W.P.(C) 5700/2024 has neither been interfered with nor interdicted in any subsequent legal proceedings. In the circumstances, it is evident that Mr. Rishikesh Kashyap has no locus to file the present petition on behalf of the concerned society.

Needless to say, Mr. Rishikesh Kashyap shall be at liberty to avail legal remedies in his individual capacity as directed by the Division Bench of this Court vide Paragraph 5 of the order dated 07.05.2024.

Further, in case any subsequent directions have been issued for appointment of an Administrator (as contended by the petitioner), it shall be for the Administrator to take appropriate legal recourse on behalf of the society.

The present petition stands disposed of in the above terms. Pending application also stands disposed of.

SACHIN DATTA, J

JANUARY 19, 2026/ at

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