Nilofer Khan D/O Sh. Raja Khan and W/O Sh. Saddam, v. State of Rajasthan
Case brief
What is this about?
Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur Bench; S.B. Civil Contempt Petition No. 92/2025, decided 12/01/2026 by Justice Anuroop Singhi. Petitioner Nilofer Khan alleged contempt of interim order dated 22.03.2024 (stay of order dated 29.02.2024; continuation as G.N.M.) after her services were discontinued w.e.f. 26.07.2024. Court held petitioner was a contractual engagee through a placement agency with no privity of contract with respondents No.1 and 2 (State of Rajasthan, Deptt. of Medical & Health; CMHO Kota), and the placement-agency contract had ended; no willful non-compliance; petition dismissed, notices discharged. Keywords: contempt petition, privity of contract, placement agency, contractual employee, G.N.M., Kota, interim order, non-compliance, dismissal.
What did the court decide?
It is undisputed that the petitioner was engaged on contractual basis through a placement agency and there was no privity of contract between the petitioner and the answering respondents No.1 and 2.