Allahabad High Court
ALOK KUMARversusSHRI SHAILAV KUMAR
- Decided
- Bench
- ROHIT RANJAN AGARWAL
Holding
The contempt application was dismissed as it was not pressed by the applicant.
Summary
Alok Kumar filed a contempt application before the Allahabad High Court. During the hearing, counsel for the applicant, Lal Bahadur, informed the court that the applicant was not pressing the application. The court took this statement as an indication that the application was not being pursued. Consequently, the court dismissed the contempt application on the ground that it was not pressed. No merits of the contempt allegation were examined.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriate disposition when a contempt application is not being pressed by the applicant?
Subjects
- contempt
- application dismissed
- procedural dismissal
- pressing of application
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 2519 of 2026
Alok Kumar
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
Shri Shailav Kumar
.....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Lal Bahadur
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) :
Court No. - 9
HON'BLE ROHIT RANJAN AGARWAL, J.
1. Learned counsel for the applicant states that he is not pressing the
present contempt application and the same may be dismissed as not
pressed.
2. In view of the statement so made, present contempt application stands
dismissed.
(Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J.)
April 20, 2026
SK Goswami
Digitally signed by :-
SHIVAKANT GOSWAMI
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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