Lokesh Kumar and 14 Others v. Dr. O.P. Singh, Ssp and Another

Court No. - 9 Case :- CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 7951 of 2023 Applicant :- Lokesh Kumar And 14 Others Opposite Party :- Dr. O.P. Singh, Ssp And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Arvind Kumar Tiwari Hon'ble Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J. Heard learned counsel for the applicants. The present contempt application has been filed under Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act for punishing the Opposite Party for willful disobedience of the judgment and order dated 04.07.2022 passed by this Court in Writ Petition No. 3478 of 2020. It is contended that applicants had approached writ Court through aforesaid writ petition, which was disposed of vide order dated

04.07.2022. Copy of the order of writ Court was served upon opposite party, but according to the applicants, the said order has not been complied with by the opposite party till date. Prima facie, a case has been made out for punishing the opposite party for willful disobedience of the judgment and order passed in the aforesaid writ petition. However, no notice is issued to the opposite party at this stage. The opposite party is granted three months' further time to comply with the order dated 04.07.2022 passed by this Court in Writ Petition No. 3478 of 2020 from the date of production of a certified copy of this order. The applicants shall supply a duly stamped registered envelope addressed to the opposite party and another self-addressed envelope to the office within two weeks from today. The office shall send a copy of this order along with the self-addressed envelope of the applicants with a copy of contempt application to the opposite party within one week thereafter and keep a record thereof. The opposite party shall comply with the directions of the writ court and intimate the applicants the order through the self-addressed envelop within a week thereafter. In case, the opposite party does not comply with the order, it would be open to the applicants to approach this court again. With the aforesaid observations, this application is finally disposed of at this stage. Order Date :- 31.10.2023 V.S.Singh High Court of Judicature at Allahabad