Allahabad High Court
SUSHAMA DEVIversusSHRI PIYUSH MORDIA, POLICE COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONERATE AND ANOTHER
- Decided
- Bench
- VIKAS BUDHWAR
Holding
The Court held that the respondents complied with the writ court’s order, and therefore the contempt application cannot proceed.
Summary
The applicant, Sushama Devi, filed a contempt application alleging that the respondents, including the Police Commissioner, wilfully disobeyed a High Court order dated 04-12-2014 in the case of Rajina Bano v. State of U.P. The alleged breach pertained to the non‑filing of an FIR, which was later produced showing FIR No. 0279 of 2026 lodged on 15-09-2026. The Court directed that a copy of the FIR instructions be served on the applicant’s counsel. Upon receipt of the FIR, the Court observed that the writ court’s order had been complied with. Consequently, the contempt application was consigned to the record and effectively dismissed. The instructions were entered as Appendix‑A.
Issues considered
- Whether the respondents wilfully disobeyed the High Court order dated 04-12-2014
- Whether the filing of FIR No. 0279 of 2026 constitutes compliance with the order
Subjects
- contempt
- wilful disobedience
- High Court order
- FIR compliance
- civil contempt
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 5902 of 2026
Sushama Devi
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
Shri Piyush Mordia, Police Commissioner,
Commissionerate And Another .....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Bhaiya Lal Yadav, Dinesh Kumar
Yadav
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) :
Court No. - 53
HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J.
1. The present contempt application has been preferred alleging wilful
disobedience of the order dated 04.12.2014 passed by this Court in Rajina
Bano and Another Vs. State of U.P. and 3 Others, reported in (2015) 2
ADJ 232. Today, instructions have been produced, according to which an
FIR bearing No. 0279 of 2026 has been lodged on 15.09.2026.
2. Let a copy of the instructions be served upon learned counsel for the
applicant.
3. In view of the aforesaid, the contempt application is consigned to the
record, as the order of the Writ Court has been complied with.
4. Instructions have been filed today is taken on record and marked as
Appendix-A.
(Vikas Budhwar,J.)
September 16, 2026
Neetu
Digitally signed by :-
NEETU SINGH
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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