Aparna Bhattacharjee v. Smti. Suranjana Senapati
Case brief
What is this about?
Gauhati High Court contempt petition Cont.Cas(C)/72/2024 filed by Aparna Bhattacharjee, widow of Late Kaushik Bhattacharjee, alleging violation of directions dated 19.06.2023 in WP(C) No. 1785/2020 to prepare a pension proposal for her late husband after reconstruction of his service book; respondents include Smti. Suranjana Senapati and the Director of Elementary Education Department, Assam; respondent counsel S. M. T. Chistie reported the pension proposal was forwarded to the Director of Pension and pension and pensionary benefits authorized to the petitioner; Justice N. Unni Krishnan Nair held the directions complied with and closed the contempt petition on 10.04.2025.
What did the court decide?
No penal or coercive direction; the contempt petition stands closed as the Court found the directions of 19.06.2023 in WP(C) No. 1785/2020 complied with; the communications dated 02.04.2025, 27.02.2024 and 18.07.2024 were kept on record and marked 'X' collectively.