Allahabad High Court
M/S JAI BAJRANG CONSTRUCTION AND COMPANYversusSRI RAJESH KUMAR, EXECUTIVE ENGINEER
- Decided
- Bench
- ROHIT RANJAN AGARWAL
Holding
The contempt application was dismissed as infructuous because the order of the writ court had been complied with.
Summary
M/s Jai Bajrang Construction and Company filed a civil contempt application against Sri Rajesh Kumar, Executive Engineer. The applicant alleged that the respondent had failed to comply with an order of the writ court. Counsel for the applicant, Sanjay Kumar Upadhyay, informed the court that the order had in fact been complied with. The court accepted this statement and held that the basis for the contempt proceeding no longer existed. Consequently, the contempt application was deemed infructuous and was dismissed.
Issues considered
- Whether the respondent's compliance with the writ court order negates the existence of contempt.
Subjects
- civil contempt
- contempt application
- order compliance
- writ court
- dismissal
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 1512 of 2026
M/S Jai Bajrang Construction And Company
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
Sri Rajesh Kumar, Executive Engineer
.....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Kamlesh Kumar Tiwari, Sanjay Kumar
Upadhyay
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : Sushil Kumar Pandey
Court No. - 9
HON'BLE ROHIT RANJAN AGARWAL, J.
1. Shri Sanjay Kumar Upadhyay, counsel for the applicant fairly states that
the order of the writ Court has been complied with.
2. In view of the statement so made, the present contempt application is
rendered infructuous and stands dismissed.
(Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J.)
May 6, 2026
A. V. Singh
Digitally signed by :-
AJAY VIKRAM SINGH
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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