M/S Narula Buildwell Pvt. Ltd. v. Bikram Singh
Case brief
What is this about?
Punjab & Haryana High Court, Chandigarh; COCP-1808-2025 (O&M); decided 04.07.2025; Alka Sarin, J.; contempt of courts; Sections 10 and 12 Contempt of Courts Act 1971; violation of order dated 23.09.2024 in CWP-24480-2024; Narula Buildwell Pvt Ltd v Bikram Singh, Trust Engineer, Amritsar Improvement Trust; Legal Notice dated 29.04.2024; speaking order dated 18.06.2025; payment conditional on repair work; contempt court cannot go into merits or demerits of order passed; petition dismissed; pending applications disposed off.
What did the court decide?
In a petition filed under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 this Court possibly cannot go into the merits or demerits of the order passed; counsel for the petitioner was in effect wanting this Court, in contempt jurisdiction, to go into the merits and demerits of the case and of the speaking order dated 18.06.2025, which cannot be done.