Sunil Kumar v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
Jharkhand High Court at Ranchi, Cont. Case (Civil) No. 1 of 2026 (neutral citation 2026:JHHC:3242), decided 06.02.2026 by Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J. Nine petitioners sought initiation of contempt against opposite party no.2, the Secretary, Secondary Education, School Education and Literacy Department, for alleged willful non-compliance of the order dated 22.04.2024 in W.P.(S) No. 369 of 2023. A reasoned order in terms of the writ order was placed on record through the show cause; the Court declined to proceed further and dropped the contempt petition, reserving liberty to the petitioners to take steps in connection with the reasoned order as permissible under law. No statutes or precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Contempt petition dropped; liberty reserved to the petitioners to take steps in connection with the reasoned order as permissible under law.