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Allahabad High Court

RAJENDRA AND 3 OTHERSversusRAJESH CHAURASIYA, SDM AND ANOTHER

Decided

Holding

The contempt application is dismissed as having rendered infructuous.

Summary

The applicants, Rajendra and three others, filed a civil contempt application before the Allahabad High Court. During the proceedings, counsel for the applicants, Mr. Lalit Kumar Yadav, informed the court that the application had become infructuous. The court considered whether the application should continue in light of this claim. No substantive hearing on the merits of the contempt allegation was required. Consequently, the court dismissed the contempt application on the ground that it was rendered infructuous. The order was pronounced by Justice Vikas Budhwar on October 1, 2026.

Issues considered

  • Whether the contempt application should be dismissed as infructuous

Subjects

  • contempt
  • civil procedure
  • dismissal
  • infructuous
  • high court

Judgment

                                                  HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
                                                   CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 2315 of 2024

                                    Rajendra And 3 Others
                                                                                               .....Applicant(s)
                                                                       Versus

                                    Rajesh Chaurasiya, Sdm And Another
                                                                                                  .....Opposite
                                                                                                        Party(s)

                                    Counsel for Applicant(s)      : Lalit Kumar Yadav, Raj Kishore Yadav
                                    Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : Ajay Singh

                                    Court No. - 53
                                                          HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J.

                                    1. Sri Lalit Kumar Yadav, learned counsel for the applicant has made a
                                    statement at Bar that the contempt application has rendered infructuous and
                                    the same be dismissed as such.

                                    2. Accordingly, the contempt application is dismissed as having rendered
                                    infructuous.



                                                                                          (Vikas Budhwar,J.)
                                    October 1, 2026
                                    N.S.Rathour




Digitally signed by :-
NIPENDRA SINGH RATHOUR
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad


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