Dismissed¶15
Nafees Ahmad Rather and Ors. v. Yasmeen Ashaie and Ors. (Higher Education Department)
J&K HCCCP(S)/257/2022
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
High Court of J&K and Ladakh at Srinagar; CCP(S) 257/2022 in WP(C) 2541/2019; Nafees Ahmad Rather v. Yasmeen Ashaie (Higher Education Department); contempt petition time-barred — filed beyond one-year limit under Section 20, Contempt of Courts Act; contempt closed; order dated 15.12.2025 by Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul; no precedent discussed, no quantum involved.
What did the court decide?
Since the contempt petition had been filed after a period of one year, in terms of Section 20 of the Contempt of Courts Act it would not remain on board, and the contempt was closed. ¶15