Mahima Prakash Kerketta v. State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi, Cont. Case (Civil) No. 1426 of 2025, decided 17.07.2026 by Ananda Sen, J. Petitioners Mahima Prakash Kerketta, Soma Koya, Md. Murshid Anasari and Manoj Kumar Gope had filed a contempt application alleging non-compliance of an interim order dated 09.11.2022 passed in WP(S) No. 5142 of 2022 against the State of Jharkhand (Chief Secretary Avinash Kumar, Principal Secretary K Srinivasan, Deputy Commissioner West Singhbhum Chandan Kumar); State represented by Rahul Kamlesh, petitioners by Saurabh Shekhar. The main writ petition having been decided, withdrawal of the contempt application was permitted and the application was dropped. Keywords: contempt, withdrawal, interim order compliance, WP(S) 5142 of 2022, Jharkhand, Chaibasa, West Singhbhum.
What did the court decide?
Permission granted to withdraw the contempt application to take appropriate steps in terms of the order passed in the writ petition; the contempt application was dropped.