Allahabad High Court
SUMAN KUMARIversusSATENDRA KUMAR,DISTRICT BASIK EDUCATION OFFICER
- Decided
- Disposal
- Dismissed on merits
- Bench
- VIKAS BUDHWAR
Holding
A contempt application that has become infructuous must be dismissed.
Summary
The applicant, Suman Kumari, filed a contempt application before the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad against Satendra Kumar, the District Basik Education Officer. During the hearing, counsel for the applicant, Harish Chandra Pratap, informed the court that the contempt application had become infructuous. The court considered whether the application should continue in light of this claim. Finding that the application was indeed infructuous, the court dismissed it. Consequently, all notices issued in the proceeding were discharged.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriate course of action when a contempt application becomes infructuous?
Subjects
- contempt
- dismissal
- infructuous
- civil procedure
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 429 of 2021
Suman Kumari
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
Satendra Kumar, District Basik Education Officer
.....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Harish Chandra Pratap, Satyendra
Chandra Tripathi, Syed Ali Murtaza
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : Devesh Vikram
Court No. - 53
HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J.
1. Sri Harish Chandra Pratap, learned counsel for the applicant has made a
statement at Bar that the present contempt application has become
infructuous, and the same be dismissed as such.
2. Accordingly, the contempt application is dismissed as infructuous.
Notices stand discharged.
September 16, 2026
N.S.Rathour
(Vikas Budhwar,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
NIPENDRA SINGH RATHOUR
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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