Raj Rani v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: contempt case; abatement on death of complainant-petitioner; non-substitution of legal heirs; enforcement of accommodation order impossible; statements of contemnors cannot be traversed by legal heirs; Cr. Revision No. 907 of 2020; order dated 16.11.2021; Cont. Case (Criminal) No. 02 of 2022; High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi; dismissed as abated. Useful on the point that a personal benefit-oriented order cannot be enforced through substitution of legal heirs in a contempt proceeding after the beneficiary's death.
What did the court decide?
To seek compliance of the order passed in Cr. Revision No. 907 of 2020 (providing accommodation to the petitioner), the legal heirs or representatives of the petitioner cannot be substituted; consequently, upon the petitioner's death the order cannot be enforced. ¶¶15