Allahabad High Court
ASHOK KUMARversusSRI RAJEEV KRISHNA AND 3 OTHERS
- Decided
- Bench
- VIKAS BUDHWAR
Holding
The contempt petition was consigned to the record without further adjudication.
Summary
The applicant, Ashok Kumar, filed a contempt petition alleging that the respondents failed to comply with a Supreme Court order dated 12 November 2013 in Lalita Kumari v. State of U.P. The petition was supported by an FIR dated 20 August 2026. The respondent counsel did not contest the facts presented. The High Court noted the FIR and the uncontested nature of the allegation, ordered that a copy of the FIR be served on the applicant's counsel, and then consigned the contempt application to the record. The instructions accompanying the FIR were taken on record as Appendix‑A.
Issues considered
- Whether the respondents' alleged non‑compliance with the Supreme Court order constitutes contempt of court
Subjects
- contempt of court
- non‑compliance
- Supreme Court order
- FIR
- High Court procedure
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 5584 of 2026
Ashok Kumar
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
Sri Rajeev Krishna And 3 Others
.....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Roma Seth, Santosh Kumar Pandey
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 12.11.2013 passed by this Hon'ble Apex
Court in Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 68 of 2008 (Lalita Kumari Vs. State
of U.P. and others) reported in (2014) 2 SCC.
3. Today instructions have been produced appending therewith an FIR
lodged on 20.08.2026 being FIR No. 0156 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.
(Vikas Budhwar,J.)
September 23, 2026
Ashu
Digitally signed by :-
ASHUTOSH KUMAR PRAJAPATI
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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