Allahabad High Court
KISHOR KUMAR SONIversusSHRI ATUL KUMAR MISHRA, S.H.O., POLICE STATION -GHOORPUR
- Decided
- Bench
- VIKAS BUDHWAR
Holding
The contempt application is consigned to the record pending further proceedings.
Summary
The applicant, Kishor Kumar Soni, filed a contempt petition in the Allahabad High Court alleging that the opposite party, Shri Atul Kumar Mishra, S.H.O., failed to comply with a Supreme Court order dated 12 November 2023 in the Lalita Kumari case. The applicant produced an FIR dated 7 September 2026 (FIR No. 0331 of 2026) to support the allegation. The court noted that the existence of the FIR was not contested by the applicant's counsel. Consequently, the court ordered that a copy of the instructions be served on the applicant's counsel and that the contempt application be consigned to the record. The instructions accompanying the FIR were taken on record as Appendix‑A.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriate procedural response when a party alleges non‑compliance of a Supreme Court order in a contempt petition?
Subjects
- contempt of court
- Supreme Court order
- non‑compliance
- FIR
- High Court procedure
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 5137 of 2026
Kishor Kumar Soni
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
Shri Atul Kumar Mishra, S.H.O., Police Station -
Ghoorpur .....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Chandan Singh, Rajiv Kumar, Shardendu
Mishra, Udai Singh Kushwaha
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) :
Court No. - 53
HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant.
2. The present contempt petition has been preferred alleging non-compliance
of the order dated 12.11.2023 passed by Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in
Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 68 of 2008 (Lalita Kumari Vs. Government of
U.P. and others),.
3. Today instructions have been produced appending therewith an FIR
lodged on 07.09.2026 being FIR No. 0331 of 2026.
4. The said fact has not been disputed by the learned counsel for the
applicant. Let a copy of the instructions be served upon the learned counsel
for the applicant.
5. Accordingly, the contempt application stands consigned to record.
6. Instructions have been filed today is taken on record and marked as
Appendix-A.
September 8, 2026
Ashu
(Vikas Budhwar,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
ASHUTOSH KUMAR PRAJAPATI
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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