Allahabad High Court
PAWAN GIHARversusSMT. ARTI SINGH AND ANOTHER
- Decided
- Bench
- VIKAS BUDHWAR
Holding
The court held that the contempt petition should be consigned to the record pending further proceedings.
Summary
Pawan Gihar filed a contempt petition alleging that the respondents failed to comply with a court order dated 04‑12‑2014 in Civil Misc. Writ Petition No. 52588 of 2014 and with a Supreme Court directive in Lalita Kumari v. Government of U.P. An FIR (No. 0159 of 2026) dated 08‑09‑2026 was produced to support the allegation. The applicant’s counsel did not dispute the FIR. The court directed that a copy of the FIR be served on the applicant’s counsel and that the contempt petition be consigned to the record. The instructions accompanying the FIR were taken on record as Appendix‑A. No further order on the merits of contempt was made, and the petition remains pending in the record.
Issues considered
- Whether the alleged non‑compliance of the 04‑12‑2014 order and the Supreme Court directive amounts to contempt of court
Subjects
- contempt of court
- non‑compliance of order
- FIR
- civil writ
- Supreme Court directive
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 5666 of 2026
Pawan Gihar
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
Smt. Arti Singh And Another
.....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Narendra Kumar Singh, Radhey Shyam
Yadav
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 04.12.2014 passed by this Hon'ble Court in Civil Misc.
Writ Petition No. 52588 of 2014 (Smt. Razeena bano and others Versus
State of U.P. and Others reported in 2015 (2) ADJ 232 and judgment and
order dated 12.11.2013 passed by Apex Court in case of Lalita Kumari
Versus Government of U.P. and others reported in [SCC ( Crl .) , 2014 (1)
(524).
3. Today instructions have been produced appending therewith an FIR
lodged on 08.09.2026 being FIR No. 0159 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 24, 2026
Ashu
(Vikas Budhwar,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
ASHUTOSH KUMAR PRAJAPATI
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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