Allahabad High Court
ANAMIKA SHUKLAversusSRI ATUL KUMAR TEWARI BASIC SHIKSHA ADHIKARI GONDA
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISMISSED AS INFRUCTUOUS
- Bench
- MANISH KUMAR
Holding
The contempt application is dismissed in default due to the applicant's failure to appear.
Summary
The High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench, heard a contempt application filed by Anamika Shukla against Sri Atul Kumar Tewari Basic Shiksha Adhikari. The applicant's counsel was not present and no request for adjournment was made. Consequently, the court dismissed the contempt application in default. The court also discharged any notice that might have been issued against the respondent. No substantive merits of the contempt allegation were considered.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriate procedural outcome when the applicant's counsel fails to appear and no adjournment is sought in a contempt proceeding?
Subjects
- contempt
- default judgment
- civil procedure
- court adjournment
- notice discharge
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
LUCKNOW
CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 2171 of 2025
Anamika Shukla
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
Sri Atul Kumar Tewari Basic Shiksha Adhikari
Gonda .....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Anurag Tripathi, Anand Mani Tripathi
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : Uday Veer Singh
Court No. - 8
HON'BLE MANISH KUMAR, J.
1. This case has been listed under the heading 'these matters be not
adjourned'.
2. Case has been called in the revised list.
3. Neither the learned counsel for the applicant is present nor any request
has been made on his behalf for adjournment of the case.
4. The contempt application is dismissed in default.
5. Notice, if any, issued against the respondent stands discharged.
(Manish Kumar,J.)
November 20, 2025
S. Kumar
Digitally signed by :-
SANTOSH KUMAR
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad,
Lucknow Bench
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