Mahesh Kumar Paswan v. M/S Bharat Coking Coal Limited
Case brief
What is this about?
Contempt proceeding dropped for compliance: Contempt Case (Civil) No. 181 of 2023, High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi, coram Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J., decided/dated 19.06.2026 (uploaded 19.06.2026), neutral citation 2026:JHHC:17992. Petitioner Mahesh Kumar Paswan (counsel Ms. Manjusri Patra) sought contempt against opposite parties M/s Bharat Coking Coal Limited, Birendra Kumar Sinha (General Manager, Lodna Area) and Arun Kumar Sinha (Project Officer, Lodna Colliery) (counsel Mr. Amit Kumar Sinha) over alleged deliberate violation of the Court's order dated 07.09.2022 in W.P. (S) No. 2292/2020. Opposite party submitted the order stood complied with and nothing survived; Court held it was not inclined to proceed further and the contempt proceeding was dropped. Keywords: civil contempt, violation of writ order, compliance, proceeding dropped, BCCL, Lodna, Dhanbad.
What did the court decide?
In view of the submission of learned counsel for the opposite party that the Court's order had already been complied with and that nothing survived, the Court was not inclined to proceed any further in the contempt proceeding and dropped it.