Allahabad High Court
SHILPI DEVIversusSAUMYA GURU RANI, CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, HARDOI
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISMISSED AS INFRUCTUOUS
- Bench
- SAURABH LAVANIA
Holding
The contempt application was dismissed for want of prosecution.
Summary
Shilpi Devi filed a civil contempt application against Saumya Guru Rani, the Chief Development Officer of Hardoi. The matter was listed before the Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench. On the scheduled date, the applicant’s counsel, Babita Singh and Sandhya Devi, were not present and no request for adjournment was made. The court noted the absence of representation and the lack of any request to postpone the hearing. Consequently, the court dismissed the contempt application for want of prosecution. The order was pronounced by Justice Manish Kumar on 24 November 2025.
Issues considered
- Whether a contempt application can proceed in the absence of the applicant’s counsel and without a request for adjournment?
Subjects
- contempt of court
- procedural law
- adjournment
- dismissal for want of prosecution
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
LUCKNOW
CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 2847 of 2023
Shilpi Devi
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
Saumya Guru Rani, Chief Development Officer,
Hardoi .....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Babita Singh, Sandhya Devi
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) :
Court No. - 8
HON'BLE MANISH KUMAR, J.
1. Case has been called in the revised list.
2. Learned counsel for the applicant is neither present nor any request for the
adjournment of the case has been made on behalf of the applicant.
3. Accordingly, the present contempt application is dismissed for want of
prosecution.
November 24, 2025
DiVYa
(Manish Kumar,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
DIVYA SINGH
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad,
Lucknow Bench
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