Allahabad High Court
PANKAJ KUMARversusSNIGDHA SHARMA
- Decided
- Bench
- VIKAS BUDHWAR
Holding
The contempt application is dismissed as withdrawn, with liberty to the applicant to pursue appropriate proceedings before the competent forum.
Summary
The applicant, Pankaj Kumar, filed a civil contempt application (No. 6529 of 2026) alleging that the respondent, Snigdha Sharma, failed to comply with an order dated 07‑01‑2025 in HMA Petition No. 529 of 2024. The applicant, through counsel Samar Bahadur Harijan, later filed a supplementary affidavit and sought to withdraw the contempt proceeding, requesting liberty to pursue appropriate remedies in the proper forum. The learned Standing Counsel raised no objection to the withdrawal. The Court considered the request and, finding no impediment, allowed the withdrawal. Consequently, the contempt application was dismissed as withdrawn, with liberty granted to the applicant to initiate suitable proceedings elsewhere. The judgment was pronounced on 18‑September‑2026 by Justice Vikas Budhwar.
Issues considered
- Whether the contempt application can be withdrawn at the applicant's request
Subjects
- contempt of court
- withdrawal of application
- civil procedure
- order compliance
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 6529 of 2026
Pankaj Kumar
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
Snigdha Sharma
.....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Samar Bahadur Harijan
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) :
Court No. - 53
HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J.
1. Supplementary affidavit, filed today, is taken on record.
2. At the very outset, Sri Samar Bahadur Harijan, learned counsel for the
applicant seeks to withdraw the present contempt application wherein
allegation of non-compliance of the order dated 07.01.2025 passed in HMA
Petition No. 529 of 2024 be withdrawn with liberty to take appropriate
proceedings before the appropriate forum as permissible and available under
law.
3. Learned Standing Counsel has no objection to the same.
4. The contempt application is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty
aforesaid.
September 18, 2026
Ashu
(Vikas Budhwar,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
ASHUTOSH KUMAR PRAJAPATI
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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