Allahabad High Court
AMIT KUMAR OJHAversusSRI RAJEEV KRISHNA AND 4 OTHERS
- Decided
- Bench
- VIKAS BUDHWAR
Holding
The court recorded the contempt application as consigned to the record after noting the undisputed FIR.
Summary
Amit Kumar Ojha filed a contempt petition in the Allahabad High Court alleging that Sri Rajeev Krishna and four others failed to comply with a Supreme Court order issued in Lalita Kumar v. State of U.P. (AIR 2014 SC 187). The petitioner produced an FIR dated 17 September 2026 to support the allegation. The respondent counsel did not contest the existence of the FIR. The court directed that a copy of the FIR be served on the petitioner’s counsel and recorded the contempt application as consigned 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
- Supreme Court order
- non‑compliance
- FIR
- High Court procedure
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 6095 of 2026
Amit Kumar Ojha
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
Sri Rajeev Krishna And 4 Others
.....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Rajeev Kumar Agrawal, 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 of Hon'ble Apex Court passed in Writ Petition (Criminal) No.
68 of 2008 (Lalita Kumar Vs. State of U.P. and others) reported in AIR 2014
SUPREME COURT 187.
3. Today instructions have been produced appending therewith an FIR
lodged on 17.09.2026 being FIR No. 0457 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 24, 2026
Rajesh
Digitally signed by :-
RAJESH KUMAR
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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