Laliteshwar Prasad Singh v. Sri Kamal Kishore Soren the Principal Secretary Health Medical Education and Family Welfare Deptt
CONTEMPT – Civil contempt
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi, Contempt Case (Civil) No. 241 of 2021, Laliteshwar Prasad Singh v. Sri Kamal Kishore Soan, Secretary, Department of Health, Medical Education & Family Welfare, Govt. of Jharkhand and Smt. Himani Pandey, Secretary, Finance Department, Govt. of Jharkhand; Bench: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Shankar (single Judge); decided 23.01.2024. Alleged wilful disobedience of order dated 22.08.2019 in W.P.(S) No. 3065 of 2009; compliance shown through reasoned order memo no. 281(9) dated 06.07.2022 rejecting the petitioner's claim; contempt proceeding dropped; petition disposed; liberty reserved to petitioner to assail the reasoned order under law. Advocates: Kunal Chandra Suman and Vikash Pandey for petitioner; Neha Pandey, AC to Sr. SC-III, for opposite parties.
What did the court decide?
Contempt proceeding against the opposite parties dropped; contempt petition disposed of; petitioner left at liberty to take appropriate recourse as permissible under law against the reasoned order contained in memo no. 281(9) dated 06.07.2022.