Patna High Court
Dr. Tirthnath MishraversusThe State Of Bihar Through The Chief Secretary, Government Of Bihar, Patna
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISPOSED
- Bench
- RAJIV ROY
Holding
The earlier High Court order was complied with, so the contempt petition was dismissed.
Summary
Dr Tirthnath Mishra filed a petition seeking contempt of court proceedings against the State of Bihar and officials of Lalit Narayan Mithila University, alleging willful disobedience of a Patna High Court order dated 20‑03‑2018. The opposite parties filed a show‑cause response asserting that they had complied with the earlier order. The Court examined the compliance claim and found that the order had indeed been obeyed. Consequently, the Court granted the petitioner liberty to raise any further grievance but otherwise dismissed the contempt petition. The matter was therefore disposed without initiating contempt proceedings.
Issues considered
- Whether the opposite parties willfully disobeyed the High Court order dated 20‑03‑2018 warranting contempt proceedings?
- Whether the petition for contempt should be entertained given the show‑cause submission that the order was complied with?
Subjects
- contempt of court
- civil writ jurisdiction
- order compliance
- petition disposal
- Patna High Court
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.4331 of 2018
In
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.4790 of 2018
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Dr. Tirthnath Mishra son of Ganesh Mishra resident of Village- Sarsopahi
Purv, P.S. Sarsopahi, District Madhubani
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State Of Bihar Through The Chief Secretary, Government Of Bihar,
Patna Bihar.
2. R.K. Mahajan, Principal Secretary, Human Resources 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 : Mr. AC to AAG-15
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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 20.03.2018 in CWJC No.
Patna High Court MJC No.4331 of 2018(5) dt.23-04-2026
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4790 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. 4331 of
2018 stands disposed of.
(Rajiv Roy, J)
Adnan/-
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