Allahabad High Court

GANESH PRASAD VERMAversusSRI KRISHNA KUMAR SINGH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE,

Decided: 16 April 2026
Disposal: Dismiss other than merit(DD/Non Prosec./Abated)
Bench: ROHIT RANJAN AGARWAL SALIL KUMAR RAI

Holding

The contempt application is dismissed as the applicant failed to appear and the order appears to have been complied with.

Summary

Ganesh Prasad Verma filed a civil contempt application (No. 1996 of 2021) against Sri Krishna Kumar Singh, Deputy Director of Agriculture. The applicant was represented by counsel Kamal Nayan Tripathi and Senior Advocate Vivek Shandilya, while the opposite party was represented by K.R. Singh. The court observed that no representative appeared on behalf of the applicant and that the order of the court appeared to have been complied with or the applicant had lost interest in pursuing the matter. It was held that keeping the application pending would serve no useful purpose. Consequently, the contempt application was dismissed and the notice issued in the proceedings was discharged.

Issues considered

Whether the civil contempt application should proceed in the absence of the applicant's appearance
Whether the order of the court has been complied with, warranting dismissal of the application

Subjects

civil contempt
non-appearance
order compliance
dismissal
high court

Judgment

                                        Court No. - 1

                                        Case :- CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 1996 of 2021

                                        Applicant :- Ganesh Prasad Verma
                                        Opposite Party :- Sri Krishna Kumar Singh, Deputy Director Of Agriculture,
                                        Counsel for Applicant :- Kamal Nayan Tripathi,Vivek Shandilya(Senior
                                        Adv.)
                                        Counsel for Opposite Party :- K.R. Singh

                                        Hon'ble Salil Kumar Rai,J.

                                        List has been revised. No one appears for the applicant.

                                        It appears that the order of this Court has already been complied
                                        with or the applicant has lost interest in prosecuting the matter.

                                        It would serve no useful purpose to keep the application pending.

                                        The application is dismissed.

                                        The notice is discharged.

                                        Order Date :- 22.4.2025
                                        Vipasha




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VIPASHA MUKHERJEE
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad

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