Allahabad High Court
SOMVEER SINGH AND 4 OTHERSversusDR. VIJAY BAHADUR DWIVEDI, DIRECTOR HORTICULTURE AND FOOD PROCESSING LKO.
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISMISSED AS INFRUCTUOUS
Holding
The contempt application was dismissed because the order of the Writ Court had been complied with, rendering the application ineffective.
Summary
The applicants, Somveer Singh and four others, filed a civil contempt application against Dr. Vijay Bahadur Dwivedi, Director of Horticulture and Food Processing, Lucknow. The opposite party filed an affidavit of compliance and their standing counsel, Mr. Amrendra Pratap Singh, asserted that the order of the Writ Court had already been complied with. The High Court examined the Writ Court order and the compliance affidavit. It concluded that, because the order had been fulfilled, the contempt application no longer had any operative basis. Consequently, the Court dismissed the contempt application as having lost its efficacy.
Issues considered
- Whether a contempt application can continue when the alleged contemptuous order has been complied with.
Subjects
- contempt
- compliance
- writ court order
- dismissal
Judgment
Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:27952
Court No. - 17
Case :- CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 4 of 2025
Applicant :- Somveer Singh And 4 Others
Opposite Party :- Dr. Vijay Bahadur Dwivedi, Director Horticulture And
Food Processing Lko.
Counsel for Applicant :- Mohd. Ateeq Khan,Bhanupriya Singh
Hon'ble Rajeev Singh,J.
1. Affidavit of compliance filed, Mr. Amrendra Pratap Singh,
learned Standing Counsel on behalf of the opposite party is
taken on record.
2. Mr. Amrendra Singh, learned Standing Counsel submits that
the order of the Writ Court has already been complied with.
3. Considering the contents of the order of the Writ Court as
well as the affidavit of compliance filed today, this Court is of
the view that the present contempt application has lost its
efficacy, accordingly, the same is hereby dismissed.
Order Date :- 12.5.2025
(Manoj K.)
Digitally signed by :-
MANOJ KUMAR
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad,
Lucknow Bench
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