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Rahul v. Vinod Nehra

Punjab & Haryana HC29 May 2026COCP/1119/2026

Case brief

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What is this about?

Contempt petitions disposed of; Annexure R-5 withdrawn; Vinod Nehra, Deputy Commissioner-cum-Joint Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Karnal; fresh order within two weeks after hearing; parity with petitioners in CWP-16386-2026 dated 25.05.2026; liberty to seek revival of contempt petitions; connected cases; Punjab and Haryana High Court; Justice Pankaj Jain; decision dated 29.05.2026.

What did the court decide?

Contempt petitions disposed of on the respondent's statement that Annexure R-5 stands withdrawn; respondent to pass fresh order within two weeks after hearing the petitioners and considering the order in CWP-16386-2026 dated 25.05.2026 and their parity claim; liberty reserved to petitioners to seek revival of the contempt petitions if need arises. ¶9

Rahul Vs Vinod Nehra — Punjab & Haryana HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the contempt petitions against the respondent should be disposed of in view of the withdrawal of Annexure R-5 and the respondent's undertaking to pass a fresh order after hearing the petitioners. +1 more

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Court's answer

In view of the statement made by counsel for the respondent(s) that Annexure R-5 stands withdrawn and a fresh order will be passed after hearing the petitioners, the present contempt petitions are disposed of.

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Ratio / Principle

Liberty is granted to the petitioners to seek revival of the contempt petitions in case need arises.

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Key takeaways

A fresh order is to be passed after granting opportunity of hearing to the petitioners and after considering the order passed by this Court in CWP-16386-2026 dated 25.05.2026; the petitioners' case seeking parity with the petitioners in the said writ petitions is also to be considered.ratio¶8
The necessary exercise of passing the fresh order shall be conducted within a period of two weeks.ratio¶8
All pending miscellaneous applications, if any, stand disposed of.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh (Pankaj Jain, J., oral, 29.05.2026): Four contempt petitions, COCP-1119-2026 (O&M), COCP-1120-2026 (O&M), COCP-1151-2026 (O&M) and COCP-1342-2026 (O&M), by Rahul, Balraj Singh, Raman and Neha Rani respectively against Vinod Nehra, Deputy Commissioner-cum-Joint Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Karnal, were disposed of on the statement of counsel for the respondent that Annexure R-5 now stands withdrawn. The Court recorded that a fresh order will be passed after granting opportunity of hearing to the petitioners, after considering the order passed by the Court in CWP-16386-2026 dated 25.05.2026, and after considering the petitioners' case for parity with the petitioners in the said writ petitions; the exercise is to be completed within two weeks. Liberty was granted to the petitioners to seek revival of the contempt petitions in case need arises, and all pending miscellaneous applications were disposed of.

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[110] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH [1] COCP-1 1 19-2026 (O&M) Date of D ecision : 29.05.2026 Rahul …Petitioner Versus Vinod N e hra, Deputy Commissioner-cu m -Joint Commiss i oner, Municipal Corporation, K arnal ….Respondent [2] COCP-1 1 20-2026 (O&M) Balraj Si n gh …Petitioner Versus Vinod N e hra, Deputy Commissioner-cu m -Joint Commiss i oner, Municipal Corporation, K arnal ….Respondent [3] COCP-1 1 51-2026 (O&M) Raman …Petitioner Versus Vinod N e hra, Deputy Commissioner-cu m -Joint Commiss i oner, Municipal Corporation, K arnal ….Respondent [4] COCP-1 3 42-2026 (O&M) Neha Ra n i …Petitioner versus Vinod N e hra, Deputy Commissioner-cu m -Joint Commiss i oner, Municipal Corporation, K arnal ….Respondent

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Coram : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PANKAJ JAIN

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Present: Mr. Ashish Gupta, Advocate for the petitioner(s). Mr. Sukhdeep Singh Parmar, Advocate for the respondent(s) . ****

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PANKAJ JAIN, J. (ORAL)

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[1] Counsel for the respondent( s ) submits that Annexure R-5 n ow stands wi t hdrawn. Fresh order will be pa s sed after granting opportunity o f

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RAJNEESH SHARMA 2026.05.29 18:07 I agree to specified portions of this document

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COCP-1119-2026 (O&M) -2-

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hearing to the petitioner(s) and after considering order passed by this Court in CWP-16386-2026 dated 25.05.2026 and the case of the petitioner(s) seeking parity with the petitioner(s) in the said writ petitions shall also be considered. The necessary exercise shall be conducted within a period of two weeks from today.

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[2] In view of the statement made by counsel for the respondent(s), the present contempt petitions are disposed off.

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[3] However, liberty is granted to the petitioner(s) to seek revival of the contempt petitions, in case, need arises.

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[4] All pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, stands disposed off .

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[5] Photocopy of this order be placed on the file of connected cases.

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(PANKAJ JAIN) JUDGE

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29.05.2026 ‘R. Sharma' Whether speaking/ reasoned : Yes/No Whether reportable : Yes/No