Prabhat Ranjan Dash v. Dr.Sandhya Gupta
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: contempt proceeding dropped as not pressed; CONTC No.1606 of 2011; Prabhat Ranjan Dash petitioner; Dr. Sandhya Gupta, Secretary, Indian Nursing Council opposite party; M/s. D. Mishra Advocate and associates; High Court of Orissa at Cuttack; Chief Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh; hybrid mode hearing; order dated 21.05.2024. Disposition: contempt proceeding disposed of (dropped) because petitioner's counsel had no instruction to press it; no statutory references, no cited precedents, no monetary amounts.
What did the court decide?
Since learned counsel for the petitioner reported that he had no instruction to press the contempt petition, this Court decided that the contempt proceeding stands dropped accordingly as not pressed. ¶12