Jiten Kumar Sahu v. Dr. Anu Garg, IAS
Case brief
What is this about?
Orissa High Court contempt case CONTC No.3611 of 2024, decided 16.05.2024; petitioner Jiten Kumar Sahoo (D. Ray) alleged disobedience of the Court's order dated 25.09.2023 in W.A. No.965 of 2022 against opposite parties led by Dr. Anu Garg, IAS (Water Resources Department, Govt. of Odisha; Lalatendu Samantray, AGA). Contempt proceeding dropped because the underlying common order of 25.09.2023 in W.A. No.810 of 2021 (State of Odisha v. Bindusagar Samantaray) is under challenge/appeal in the Supreme Court. Bench per signature block: Chakradhari Sharan Singh (Chief Justice) and M. S. Raman (Judge); coram header line names Murahari Sri Raman as Chief Justice.
What did the court decide?
The contempt proceeding stands dropped; the Court declined to proceed in contempt jurisdiction. ¶4