Petitioner sought initiation of contempt proceedings for willful non-compliance of an earlier High Court order. As the Supreme Court had directed that proceedings in a related civil SLP remain in abeyance, the court disposed of the petition with liberty to seek revival after final adjudication.
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161+274 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH COCP-1941-2024 (O&M)
Date of Decision: September 10, 2024
CHARANJIT SINGH
........Petitioner
Versus
AJOY SHARMA AND OTHERS ........Respondents
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARKESH MANUJA
Present: M r. F.S. Dhillon, Advocate for t he petitioner. M r. Athar Ahmed, DAG, Punja b M r. Puneet Gupta, Advocate f o r respondent No.4. ****
HARKESH MANUJA, J. (ORAL)
B y way of present petition filed under Sections 10 and 12 o f the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 read wit h Article 215 of Constitution o f India, prayer h as been made for initiation of contempt proceedings agains t the responde n ts on account of alleged willful non-compliance of orde r dated 26.04.2 0 22 passed by this Court in C W P-23438-2021. L e arned counsel for responden t No.4 relies upon order date d 29.08.2024 p a ssed in SLP(Civil)-15729-202 4 whereby, proceedings in th e contempt petit i on has been ordered to remain in abeyance. In view of the above, no further orders are required to b e
passed.
T h e present petition stands disposed of, however, th e petitioner shall be at liberty to seek revival in case any cause survives , post final adju d ication of the aforementioned SLP.
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| Whether Reportable | Yes/No |
TEJWINDER SINGH 2024.09.11 18:16 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document
1 issue framed by the court
Whether contempt proceedings should continue against respondents for alleged non-compliance of order dated 26.04.2022 in CWP-23438-2021, given the Supreme Court order keeping them in abeyance.
2 provisions across 2 enactments
CHARANJIT SINGH
AJOY SHARMA
OTHERS
HARKESH MANUJA
As recorded by the court registry
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