Himani Laswai v. Ashwani Kumar Sharma
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: contempt of court; COPC; wilful disobedience of writ direction; non-compliance with mandamus; higher stage of pay; Radiographer; Rs. 33400/-; CWP No. 9185 of 2025; two-week compliance window; liberty to revive contempt petition; aggravation of contempt; Himachal Pradesh High Court; Sandeep Sharma, J.; oral order dated 18.9.2025. Digest: A contempt petition by Himani Laswai against Dr. Ashwani Kumar Sharma for disobeying the 3.6.2025 judgment in Versha Bahwa v. State of HP (release of higher stage pay of Rs. 33400/- as Radiographer) was closed without initiating contempt, on the Government counsel's undertaking of compliance within two weeks, with a consequential direction to comply within two weeks and liberty to the petitioner to revive the petition on default.
What did the court decide?
Contempt petition closed, with direction to the respondent-contemnor to comply with the judgment dated 3.6.2025 (CWP No. 9185 of 2025) within two weeks, failing which the contempt would stand aggravated and the petitioner would be at liberty to seek revival of the petition for appropriate action against the erring officials. No contempt proceedings initiated.