Umesh Purbey v. The State of Bihar through Sri Deepak Kumar Singh
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Satyavrat Verma, J; MJC No. 1015 of 2025 in re C.W.J.C. No. 17800 of 2024; contempt for willful non-compliance of order dated 27.11.2024 seeking measurement of petitioner's land by Circle Officer, Rahika, Madhubani (memo no. 1371 dated 23.07.2024); State submitted compliance complete, land measured; petitioner alleged wrong measurement; contempt application dismissed 05-12-2025 with observation that petitioner may assail the measurement report before an appropriate forum in accordance with law; petitioner: Umesh Purbey; no statute or precedent cited.
What did the court decide?
On the State counsel's submission (not disputed by the petitioner's counsel) that the order dated 27.11.2024 passed in C.W.J.C. No. 17800 of 2024 stands complied with and the petitioner's land has been measured, the Court is satisfied with the stand taken by the State and dismisses the contempt application.