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Allahabad High Court

HARI LALversusDR. GORAKH NATH PATEL DISTRICT BASIC EDUCATION OFFICER

Decided

Holding

The contempt application is dismissed as having rendered infructuous.

Summary

Hari Lal filed a civil contempt application against Dr. Gorakh Nath Patel, the District Basic Education Officer. The applicant's counsel, Ram Sagar Yadav, informed the court that the application had become infructuous. The court considered whether the application still warranted adjudication. Finding that the applicant had voluntarily withdrawn the proceedings, the court held that there was no longer any cause of action. Consequently, the contempt application was dismissed as infructuous.

Issues considered

  • Whether the contempt application filed by the applicant is infructuous and should be dismissed

Subjects

  • civil contempt
  • infructuous
  • contempt application
  • dismissal
  • high court

Judgment

                                                  HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
                                                   CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 3923 of 2025

                                    Hari Lal
                                                                                             .....Applicant(s)
                                                                       Versus

                                    Dr. Gorakh Nath Patel District Basic Education
                                    Officer                                                     .....Opposite
                                                                                                      Party(s)

                                    Counsel for Applicant(s)                    :    Ram Sagar Yadav
                                    Counsel for Opposite Party(s)               :

                                    Court No. - 53
                                                          HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J.

                                    1. Learned counsel for the applicant has made a statement at Bar that the
                                    contempt application has rendered infructuous, and the same may be
                                    dismissed as such.

                                    2. Accordingly, the contempt application is dismissed as having rendered
                                    infructuous.



                                                                                         (Vikas Budhwar,J.)
                                    September 29, 2026
                                    N.S.Rathour




Digitally signed by :-
NIPENDRA SINGH RATHOUR
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad


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