Narayan Hans v. Alok Kumar Kar, Director(R and R) and Ex-Officio Addl Secy to Govt,Water Resources
Case brief
What is this about?
Orissa High Court, Cuttack; CONTC No.1461 of 2024; order dated 06.05.2024; bench: Chakradhari Sharan Singh, Chief Justice with M.S. Raman, Judge. Contempt petition by Narayan Hans (adv. B.K. Behera) against Alok Kar, Director (R&R) & Ex-Officio Additional Secretary to Government and another (adv. L. Samantaray, AGA) alleging violation of Court’s orders dated 14.09.2020 in W.P.(C) No.20571 of 2020 and 28.02.2023 in CONTC No.5116 of 2020. Compliance reported; contempt proceeding dropped; petitioner at liberty to challenge correctness of contemnors’ compliance decisions. Keywords: contempt dropped, compliance effected, liberty reserved, W.P.(C) 20571/2020, CONTC 5116/2020.
What did the court decide?
Contempt proceeding dropped following reported compliance; petitioner left free to question the correctness of the contemnors’ compliance decisions relating to the orders dated 14.09.2020 and 28.02.2023.