Patna High Court
Dr. Ajay Kumar JhaversusThe State Of Bihar Through The Chief Secretary, Government Of Bihar, Patna
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISPOSED
- Bench
- RAJIV ROY
Holding
The Court held that the opposite parties had complied with the earlier order, and therefore the contempt petition was disposed of.
Summary
Dr. Ajay Kumar Jha filed a petition in the Patna High Court seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against the State of Bihar and officials of Lalit Narayan Mithila University, alleging willful and deliberate disobedience of the Court’s order dated 9 March 2018 in CWJC No. 3129. The opposite parties filed a show‑cause response asserting that they had complied with the earlier order. The Court examined the show‑cause statement and found that the order had indeed been complied with. Consequently, the Court granted the petitioner liberty to raise any further grievance if it persisted, but otherwise ordered the contempt petition to be disposed of. The matter was therefore closed without proceeding to contempt proceedings.
Issues considered
- Whether the opposite parties willfully disobeyed the Court’s order dated 9 March 2018, justifying contempt proceedings.
Subjects
- contempt of court
- compliance with court order
- writ jurisdiction
- petition disposal
- Patna High Court
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.4330 of 2018
In
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.3129 of 2018
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Dr. Ajay Kumar Jha son of Late Ganesh Jha Associate Professor Department
of English, MLSM College Darbhanga, P.S. and District- Darbhanga.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State Of Bihar Through The Chief Secretary, Government Of Bihar,
Patna Bihar.
2. R.K. Mahajan, Principal Secretary, Human Resource Development
Department, Government of Bihar, Patna.
3. Dr. S.K. Singh, Vice Chancellor, Lalit Narayan Mithila University,
Kameshwar Nagar, Darbhanga.
4. Col. Nisheeth Kumar Rai Registrar, Lalit Narayan Mithila University,
Kameshwar Nagar, Darbhanga.
5. Mr Vinod Kumar, Finance Officer, Lalit Narayan Mithila University,
Kameshwar Nagar, Darbhanga.
6. Dr. Mushtaque Ahmad, Principal M.L.S.M. College, Darbhanga.
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Binodanand Mishra, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mrs. Abhanjalli, AC to GA-12
For the University : Mr. Shailesh Kumar, Advocate
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY
ORAL ORDER
5 23-04-2026 Heard Ms. Soumya Sinha, learned counsel for the
petitioner and the State.
2. The present petition has been preferred for the
following relief(s):
“for initiation of contempt of court
proceeding against the opposite parties for willful
and deliberate disobedience of the order of this
Hon'ble Court dated 9.3.2018 in CWJC No. 3129
Patna High Court MJC No.4330 of 2018(5) dt.23-04-2026
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of 2018.”
3. A show cause has come on behalf of the opposite
party and it shows that the order stands complied.
4. In that background, granting liberty to the petitioner
to agitate the matter, if grievance still remains, MJC No. 4330 of
2018 stands disposed of.
(Rajiv Roy, J)
Adnan/-
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