Allahabad High Court
HEMANT BAHADUR SINGHversusSURAJ PRATAP TEHSILDAR TEHSIL AMETHI DISTT. AMETHI
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISMISSED AS INFRUCTUOUS
- Bench
- MANISH KUMAR
Holding
The contempt application is dismissed for want of prosecution.
Summary
Hemant Bahadur Singh filed a civil contempt application against Suraj Pratap, a Tehsildar of Amethi. The applicant's counsel, Ambika Prasad Mishra, was absent from the hearing and no request for adjournment was made. The court noted the applicant's failure to prosecute the application. Consequently, the court dismissed the contempt application for want of prosecution. No merits of the contempt allegation were examined.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriate course of action when the applicant's counsel fails to appear and no adjournment is sought in a contempt proceeding?
Subjects
- contempt
- civil procedure
- non-appearance
- dismissal for want of prosecution
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
LUCKNOW
CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 4516 of 2024
Hemant Bahadur Singh
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
Suraj Pratap Tehsildar Tehsil Amethi Distt. Amethi
.....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ambika Prasad Mishra
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : Prabhakar Tiwari
Court No. - 8
HON'BLE MANISH KUMAR, J.
1. Case has been called in the revised list.
2. Learned counsel for the applicant is neither present nor any request for the
adjournment of the case has been made on behalf of the applicant.
3. Accordingly, the present contempt application is dismissed for want of
prosecution.
November 24, 2025
DiVYa
(Manish Kumar,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
DIVYA SINGH
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad,
Lucknow Bench
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