Allahabad High Court
MANTI DEVIversusPARIKSHIT KHATANA, CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
- Decided
- Bench
- ROHIT RANJAN AGARWAL
Holding
The court did not find contempt at this stage but granted the opposite party a further three months to comply with the order.
Summary
The applicant, Manti Devi, filed a contempt application under Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act alleging that the opposite party, Parikshit Khatana, willfully disobeyed a judgment dated 25 September 2025 in Writ Petition No. 29446 of 2025. The order was served on the opposite party on 21 January 2026, but compliance had not been achieved. The court found a prima facie case of contempt but, instead of issuing a notice, granted the opposite party an additional three months to comply after a certified copy of the order is sent. The applicant was directed to provide stamped envelopes for service, and the court ordered the opposite party to inform the applicant of compliance within a week thereafter. The court held that if compliance is not achieved, the applicant may approach the court again, and the contempt application was disposed of at this stage.
Issues considered
- Whether the opposite party's failure to comply with the order dated 25‑09‑2025 constitutes willful disobedience punishable as contempt under Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act.
Legislation cited
- Contempt of Courts Act — s. 12
Subjects
- contempt of court
- willful disobedience
- order compliance
- civil contempt
- High Court of Allahabad
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 3046 of 2026
Manti Devi
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
Parikshit Khatana, Chief Development Officer
.....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Vaibhav Singh
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) :
Court No. - 9
HON'BLE ROHIT RANJAN AGARWAL, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant.
2. The present contempt application has been filed under Section 12 of the
Contempt of Courts Act for punishing the Opposite Party for willful
disobedience of the judgment and order dated 25.09.2025 passed by this
Court in Writ Petition No. 29446 of 2025.
3. It is contended that applicant had filed aforesaid writ, which was
disposed of vide order dated 25.09.2025. Copy of the said order was
served to the opposite party personally on 21.01.2026, but the said
direction has not been complied with by the opposite party till date.
4. Prima facie, a case has been made out for punishing the opposite party
for willful disobedience of the judgment and order passed in the aforesaid
writ petition.
5. However, no notice is issued to the opposite party at this stage. The
opposite party is granted three months’ further time to comply with the
order dated 25.09.2025 passed by this Court in Writ Petition No. 29446 of
2025 from the date of production of a certified copy of this order.
6. The applicant shall supply a duly stamped registered envelope
addressed to the opposite party and another self-addressed envelope to the
office within one week from today. The office shall send a copy of this
order along with the self-addressed envelope of the applicant with a copy
of contempt application to the opposite party within one week thereafter
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and keep a record thereof.
7. The opposite party shall comply with the directions of the writ court
and intimate the applicant the order through the self-addressed envelop
within a week thereafter.
8. In case, the opposite party does not comply with the order, it would be
open to the applicant to approach this court again.
9. With the aforesaid observations, this application is finally disposed of
at this stage.
(Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J.)
May 6, 2026
A. V. Singh
Digitally signed by :-
AJAY VIKRAM SINGH
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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