Raghubir Singh Vs Satyender Singh Dursawa & Ors. — Contempt of Court | Delhi HC (2026)

Raghubir Singh Vs Satyender Singh Dursawa & Ors. — Contempt of Court | Delhi HC (2026)

What the court decided

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Outcome

Contempt petition CONT.CAS(C) 580/2019 and the application under Section 340 read with Section 195(1)(B) of the CrPC (CM APPL. No. 43809/2023) disposed of as not pressed, with liberty to the petitioner to initiate appropriate proceedings against the respondents sought to be impleaded in CM APPL. No. 19519/23 (Zile Singh, Suresh Kumar, Anup Singh, Braham Dutt, Rameshwar and Layak Ram) in case any cause of action arises in any other proceedings pending between the parties; pending application(s), if any, also disposed of.

Issue for consideration

Whether the Respondents/Contemnors are liable to be punished for their willful, deliberate and intentional disobedience of the Order dated 10.09.2018 passed by this Hon'ble Court in W.P. (C) No.7695/2014. +1 more

Court's answer

The present contempt petition is disposed of as not pressed, following the petitioner's counsel's submission that the directions of 10.09.2018 have been complied with and no further cause of action survives qua the contempt proceedings.

Ratio / Principle

The application under Section 340 read with Section 195(1)(B) of the CrPC (C.M. APPL. No. 43809/2023) is disposed of as not pressed along with the petition.

Key takeaways

Liberty is reserved to the petitioner to initiate appropriate proceedings against the respondents impleaded in CM APPL. No. 19519/23 (i.e., Zile Singh, Suresh Kumar, Anup Singh, Braham Dutt, Rameshwar and Layak Ram) in case any cause of action arises in any other proceedings pending between the parties.ratio¶26
All pending application(s), if any, also stand disposed of.ratio¶27

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Delhi High Court (Amit Sharma, J.; order dated 12.02.2026) disposed of, as not pressed, a contempt petition (CONT.CAS(C) 580/2019) instituted under Article 215 of the Constitution of India read with Sections 11 and 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 by Raghubir Singh against Satyender Singh Dursawa & Ors, seeking punishment for alleged wilful disobedience of the order dated 10.09.2018 in W.P.(C) No. 7695/2014, wherein the Single Judge had disposed of the writ petition directing that status quo over the subject land need not be maintained, permitting construction per applicable rules and regulations, and directing local police to ensure no hindrance. Counsel for the petitioner submitted the directions stood complied with and no further cause of action survived; he declined to press the petition as well as the companion application under Section 340 read with Section 195(1)(B) of the CrPC (CM APPL. No. 43809/2023). The petition and application were disposed of as not pressed, with liberty to initiate appropriate proceedings against the six persons sought to be impleaded via CM APPL. No. 19519/23 (Zile Singh, Suresh Kumar, Anup Singh, Braham Dutt, Rameshwar and Layak Ram) should any cause of action arise in other proceedings pending between the parties. Pending application(s), if any, also stand disposed of. Respondents were unrepresented; no contempt finding was made.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

- CONT.CAS(C) 580/2019, CM APPL. 40224/2019, CM APPL.

19519/2023, CM APPL. 19655/2023 & CM APPL. 43809/2023

RAGHUBIR SINGH .....Petitioner

Through: Mr. Satinder Singh, Mr. Rajat Mathur, Advs. Mr. Nishant Anand, Mr. Tarun Choudhary, Advs. for applicant.

versus

SATYENDER SINGH DURSAWA & ORS .....Respondents Through: None.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT SHARMA

O R D E R

% 12.02.2026

This hearing has been done through hybrid mode.

The present petition under Article 215 of the Constitution of India, read with Sections 11 and 12 of Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, seeks the following

prayers: -

“That in view of the aforementioned facts &circumstances, it is, therefore, respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to punish the Respondents/Contemnors for their willful, deliberate and intentional disobedience of the Order dated 10.09.2018 passed by this Hon'ble Court in W.P. (C) No.7695/2014: and pass any other or further order(s) as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case in the interest of justice.”

None appears on behalf of the respondents.

Vide order dated 10.09.2018 in WP (C) No. 7695/2014, the learned

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Single Judge of this Court had passed the following directions: -

“10. Consequentially, this petition is disposed of with direction that status quo in respect of the subject land need not be maintained. Petitioner is free to raise construction over the subject land as per the applicable rules and regulations. Local police is directed to ensure that no hindrance is caused, once petitioner resumes construction over the subject land.”

Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner fairly submits that the aforesaid directions have been complied with and in these circumstances, no further cause of action survives qua the present contempt proceedings.

A perusal of the record would reflect that an application under Section 340 read with Section 195(1)(B) of the CrPC has also been filed being C.M. APPL. No. 43809/2023 on behalf of the petitioner/applicant.

Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that he does not wish to press the present petition as well as the aforesaid application, with liberty to initiate appropriate proceedings against the respondents impleaded in CM APPL. No.19519/23, i.e., (i) Zile Singh, (ii) Suresh Kumar, (iii) Anup Singh, (iv) Braham Dutt, (v) Rameshwar and (vi) Layak Ram , in case any cause of action arises in any other proceedings pending between the parties.

In view of the above, the present petition and the aforesaid application is disposed of as not pressed with the aforesaid liberty.

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

AMIT SHARMA, J

FEBRUARY 12, 2026/ kr/db

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