Umaayush Multicom Private Limited through One of Its Directors, Shri Lalan Singh v. the State of Jharkhand through the Secretary, Department of Forest, Environment and Climate Change
Case brief
What is this about?
Contempt case (civil) before High Court of Jharkhand, Ranchi; disposed of as premature because the Supreme Court had already seized of the matter in SLP (C) No. 14071 of 2025 (State of Jharkhand & Ors. v. Umaayush Multicom Pvt. Ltd.). Liberty reserved to petitioner to revive the contempt application in future; all pending interlocutory applications disposed of. Bench: Chief Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Justice Rajesh Shankar; dated 10 November 2025. Respondents include Secretary, Department of Forest, Environment and Climate Change; DFO Bokaro (Rajnish Kumar); Regional Chief Conservator of Forest Bokaro (D. Venkateswarlu). Keywords: contempt petition prematurity, seizure of matter by Supreme Court, liberty to revive, forest department officials, interlocutory applications.
What did the court decide?
Liberty reserved to the petitioner to revive the contempt application if the situation so arises in future.