Allahabad High Court
SUDINversusSHRI VIKASH YADAV, DIVISIONAL FOREST OFFICER
- Decided
- Bench
- ROHIT RANJAN AGARWAL
Holding
The contempt application was dismissed as infructuous because the writ court order had been complied with.
Summary
Sudin filed a contempt application before the Allahabad High Court against Shri Vikash Yadav, the Divisional Forest Officer, alleging non-compliance with a writ court order. The applicant's counsel, Bijendra Kumar Mishra, informed the court that the writ court's order had been fully complied with, rendering the contempt proceedings unnecessary. The court examined the statement and concluded that the contempt application had become infructuous. Consequently, the court dismissed the contempt application and discharged the contempt notice. The decision underscores that once the underlying order is complied with, a contempt proceeding cannot continue.
Issues considered
- Whether the contempt application should proceed when the order of the writ court has been complied with
Subjects
- contempt of court
- writ compliance
- high court
- dismissal
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 4106 of 2024
Sudin
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
Shri Vikash Yadav, Divisional Forest Officer
.....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Bijendra Kumar Mishra
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : C.S.C.
Court No. - 9
HON'BLE ROHIT RANJAN AGARWAL, J.
1. Sri Anil Kumar Shukla, Advocate holding brief of Sri Bijendra Kumar
Mishra, learned counsel for the applicant fairly states that the order of the
writ Court has been complied with and present contempt application has
become infructuous.
2. In view of the statement so made, present contempt application is
rendered infructuous and the same stands dismissed.
3. Contempt notice stands discharged.
(Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J.)
April 23, 2026
SK Goswami
Digitally signed by :-
SHIVAKANT GOSWAMI
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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