Naseem Ali v. State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
Jharkhand High Court contempt case Cont. Case (C) No. 335 of 2022 disposed as infructuous on 5 January 2024 after amendment of the Jharkhand Engineering Service Rules, 2016 and grant of promotion to the six petitioners; opposite parties: State of Jharkhand and Sunil Kumar, Secretary, Road Construction Department; bench: Acting Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Anubha Rawat Choudhary.
What did the court decide?
The Court disposed of the contempt case as infructuous ('as such'), adopting the position reported by the petitioners' counsel that amendments to the Jharkhand Engineering Service Rules, 2016 had been carried out and the petitioners had been granted promotion after filing of the case. ¶18