Bata Kishore Swain v. Ashwasthi S, I.a.S., Commnr-Cum-Secy. to Govt., School and Mass Education Dept., Bbsr
Case brief
What is this about?
Orissa High Court contempt order dated 23.08.2024 in CONTC No.5398 of 2022, Bata Kishore Swain versus Aswathy S., I.A.S, Commissioner-cumSecretary, School & Mass Education Department, Bhubaneswar and others; single-member bench of Hon'ble the Chief Justice (Chakradhari Sharan Singh); contempt proceeding dropped as no case of deliberate disobedience of the Court's order was made out because an intra-court appeal was pending against the order allegedly violated; Mr. A. K. Saa, Advocate for the petitioner; Mr. Saswat Das, AGA for the opposite parties.
What did the court decide?
Since an intra-court appeal is pending against the order of this Court whose violation was alleged, no case of deliberate disobedience of this Court's order is made out. ¶18