Mahendra Kumar Gupta S/O Late Shri Ram Narayan Gupa v. Shri Sudhir Kumar Gupta
Case brief
What is this about?
Court ID [2026:RJ-JP:591-DB]; CW-7804/2025; decided 08/01/2026 by Justices Inderjeet Singh and Ravi Chirania at Rajasthan HC Jaipur DB. Theme: propriety of a Tribunal disposing of a contempt petition while the review petition against the underlying original order remains pending. Facts: petitioner Mahendra Kumar Gupta; respondents Shri Sudhir Kumar Gupta (General Manager) and Shri Manish Tiwari (Divisional Railway Manager), West Central Railway (Kota/Jabalpur); counsel Suresh Prakash Mathur (petitioner) and Chandra Shekhar Sinha (respondents). Key elements: Central Administrative Tribunal; Contempt Petition No.52/2023; Review Petition No.03/2024 by Union of India pending; order dated 12.12.2024 set aside; contempt petition restored; remand for fresh/joint expeditious consideration; appearance fixed for 20.01.2026.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition allowed; Tribunal's order dated 12.12.2024 set aside; matter remanded to the Tribunal for fresh consideration; Contempt Petition No.52/2023 restored and to be decided along with Review Petition No.03/2024; parties to appear before the Tribunal with a certified copy of this order on 20.01.2026; both matters to be decided expeditiously.