Krishna Mohan Shukla Vs Sh Anurag Jain — Contempt of Court | Delhi HC (2026)

Krishna Mohan Shukla Vs Sh Anurag Jain — Contempt of Court | Delhi HC (2026)

What the court decided

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Outcome

Petition disposed of upon the Court taking on record the respondent's undertaking (through counsel for the State of MP) to release the entire amount due under the judgment dated 12.06.2025 in W.P.(C) 13936/2024, with interest till date of payment, within four weeks; respondent additionally directed to communicate the breakup and manner of calculation of the amount disbursed; any failure within the time-frame to be treated as egregious disregard of this Court's orders.

Issue for consideration

Whether there has been willful disobedience by the respondent of the directions contained in the judgment dated 12.06.2025 passed in W.P.(C) 13936/2024 (release of retiral dues less Rs. 7,63,700/- with interest within eight weeks).

Court's answer

The Court took on record the assurance and undertaking of counsel for the respondent that the entire amount due and payable in terms of the judgment dated 12.06.2025 in W.P.(C) 13936/2024, along with interest till the date of payment, shall be released to the petitioner at the latest within four weeks from that day.

Ratio / Principle

While releasing the amount, the respondent shall communicate to the petitioner the breakup and manner of calculation of the amount disbursed.

Key takeaways

Any lapse or failure in making the requisite payment within the stipulated time-frame shall be considered an egregious disregard by the respondent of the orders passed by this Court.ratio¶16

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Contempt petition (CONT.CAS(C) 1533/2025, High Court of Delhi, Sachin Datta, J., order dated 12.03.2026) alleging willful disobedience of the directions in the judgment dated 12.06.2025 in W.P.(C) 13936/2024, which had directed release of retiral dues owed to the brother of respondent no.1, less Rs. 7,63,700/-, with interest as directed by the learned Tribunal, within eight weeks. The Court did not adjudicate willfulness; instead, it took on record the undertaking of counsel for the respondent (State of MP) that the entire amount due, with interest till date of payment, would be released to the petitioner within four weeks, directed communication of the breakup and manner of calculation of the disbursement, and recorded the agreed position that any lapse or failure within the time-frame would be considered an egregious disregard of this Court's orders. Petition disposed of accordingly.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

- CONT.CAS(C) 1533/2025 KRISHNA MOHAN SHUKLA .....Petitioner Through: Petitioner in person.

versus

SH ANURAG JAIN .....Respondent Through: Mr. Harmeet Singh Ruprah and Mr. Shashank Shekhar, Adv. for State of MP (through v/c)

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA O R D E R % 12.03.2026

The present petition alleges willful disobedience of the directions contained in the judgment dated 12.06.2025 passed in W.P.(C) 13936/2024. The operative directions therein are as under:

“ 50. The petition is, therefore, disposed of with directions to the petitioner to release to the respondent no.1 the retiral dues owed to the brother of the respondent no.1, less Rs. 7,63,700/-, along with interest as directed by the learned Tribunal, within a period of eight weeks from today. The pending applications also stand disposed of. ”

Mr. Shashank Shekhar, learned counsel appearing for the respondent virtually, assures and undertakes that the entire amount due and payable in terms of the aforesaid judgment, along with interest till the date of payment, shall be released to the petitioner, at the latest, within a period of four weeks from today.

The said assurance and undertaking is taken on record.

While releasing the amount, the respondent shall also communicate to the petitioner the breakup and manner of calculation of the amount disbursed

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to the petitioner.

It is agreed that in the event of any lapse/failure in making the requisite payment within the aforesaid time-frame, the same shall be considered an egregious disregard by the respondent of the orders passed by this Court.

The petition is disposed of in the above terms.

SACHIN DATTA, J

MARCH 12, 2026/ cl

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