Allahabad High Court
SHAHNOOR ALIversusASHUTOSH KUMAR DWIVEDI AND ANOTHER
- Decided
- Bench
- ROHIT RANJAN AGARWAL
Holding
The contempt application was dismissed as infructuous because the writ court order had been complied with.
Summary
Shahnoor Ali filed a civil contempt application (No. 2405 of 2026) against Ashutosh Kumar Dwivedi and another, alleging non-compliance with a writ court order. The applicant was represented by counsel Rajneesh Kumar Singh, while no counsel appeared for the opposite parties. The learned judge observed that the applicant himself stated that the writ court order had been fully complied with. Consequently, the court held that the contempt application had become infructuous. In view of this, the application was dismissed. The judgment was delivered by Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal on May 7, 2026.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriate disposition of a contempt application when the alleged contempt has been remedied?
Subjects
- civil contempt
- contempt application
- writ court order
- dismissal
- compliance
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 2405 of 2026
Shahnoor Ali
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
Ashutosh Kumar Dwivedi And Another
.....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Rajneesh Kumar Singh
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) :
Court No. - 9
HON'BLE ROHIT RANJAN AGARWAL, J.
1. Learned counsel for the applicant fairly states that the order of the writ
Court has been complied with and present contempt application has
become infructuous.
2. In view of the statement so made, present contempt application is
rendered infructuous and the same stands dismissed.
(Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J.)
May 7, 2026
SK Goswami
Digitally signed by :-
SHIVAKANT GOSWAMI
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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