Allahabad High Court
SMT. RAJ KUMARI DEVIversusANUPAM JAISWAL STATION HOUSE OFFICER POLICE STATION REOTI AND 3 OTHERS
- Decided
- Bench
- ROHIT RANJAN AGARWAL
Holding
No contempt of court was found as the alleged violators were not parties to the writ petition, leading to dismissal of the contempt application.
Summary
Smt. Raj Kumari Devi filed a contempt application alleging that opposite parties 3 and 4 violated an interim order issued in her writ petition (Writ‑B No. 270 of 2025). The court observed that those parties were not parties to the original writ proceedings. Consequently, the court held that no case for contempt existed against them. The contempt application was therefore dismissed. The court, however, permitted the applicant to seek the impleadment of the said parties in the pending writ petition if she wishes to bring them within the jurisdiction of the interim order.
Issues considered
- Whether a contempt of court application can be sustained against persons who were not parties to the original writ proceedings.
Subjects
- contempt of court
- writ petition
- interim order
- impleadment
- civil procedure
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 3038 of 2026
Smt. Raj Kumari Devi
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
Anupam Jaiswal Station House Officer Police
Station Reoti And 3 Others .....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Brahmsukh Pal, Mani Shanker Pandey
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) :
Court No. - 9
HON'BLE ROHIT RANJAN AGARWAL, J.
1. The allegation of violating the interim order granted by the writ Court
is against the opposite party nos. 3 and 4, who were not a party in writ
petition filed by the applicant being Writ-B No. 270 of 2025.
2. No case for contempt is made out as opposite party nos. 3 and 4 were
not a party in writ proceedings. Contempt application stands dismissed.
3. However, applicant is at liberty to move impleadment application in
pending writ petition for impleading opposite party nos. 3 and 4 as a
party.
(Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J.)
May 6, 2026
Shekhar
Digitally signed by :-
SHASHI SHEKHAR PANDEY
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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