Kaushik Chatterjee v. Gajraj and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh; COCP-2374-2020 (O & M); Kaushik Chatterjee v. Gajraj and others; decision date 06.03.2026; Nidhi Gupta J. (Oral). Contempt petition alleging violation of Hon'ble Supreme Court directions of 02.7.2014 in Criminal Appeal No.1277 of 2014 (Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar and another); dismissed for non-prosecution after repeated non-appearance of petitioner and counsel on 15.1.2021, 30.3.2022, 25.4.2023 and 22.8.2023; no merits finding on the alleged violation; State represented by Naveen Kumar, Addl. A.G., Haryana; pending applications disposed of.
What did the court decide?
The petitioner exhibited an utterly casual attitude in the pursuit of the litigation, expending valuable public time of the Court, and neither the petitioner nor his counsel were seriously interested in pursuing the matter.