Bhrigunath Yadav vs Shri Ravindra Kumar And Another
- Neutral2026:AHC:105788
Ratio decidendi
The rule this decision rests on
Where a contempt application under Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act alleges willful disobedience of a court order, and prima facie a case for contempt is made out, the court may, in its discretion and before issuing notice to the contemnor, grant the contemnor an extended period within which to comply with the original order, rather than proceeding immediately to the contempt hearing.
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Judgment
As delivered
2. 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 25.11.2025, modified by order dated 11.02.2026 passed by this Court in Public Interest Litigation (PIL) No. 2971 of 2025.
3. It is contended that applicant had approached writ Court through aforesaid writ petition, which was disposed of vide order dated 25.11.2025. Copy of the order of writ Court was served upon opposite party on 20.02.2026 personally, but according to the applicant, the said order has not been complied with by the opposite party till date.
4. 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.
5. 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 25.11.2025, modified by order dated 11.02.2026 passed by this Court in Public Interest Litigation (PIL) No. 2971 of 2025 from the date of production of a certified copy of this order.
6. The applicant 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 applicant with a copy of contempt application to the opposite party within one week thereafter and keep a record thereof.
7. The opposite party shall comply with the directions of the writ court and intimate the applicant the order through the self-addressed envelop within a week thereafter.
8. In case, the opposite party does not comply with the order, it would be open to the applicant to approach this court again.
9. With the aforesaid observations, this application is finally disposed of at this stage.
(Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J.)
May 7, 2026
(V. S. SINGH)
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