Allahabad High Court
RAM PRAKASHversusSHRI RAJESH KUMAR PANDEY DISTRICT MAGISTRATE / COLLECTOR JALAUN AT ORAI
- Decided
- Bench
- SALIL KUMAR RAI
Holding
The contempt application is dismissed because the applicant failed to serve notice and showed no interest in prosecuting the suit.
Summary
Ram Prakash filed a civil contempt application (No. 760 of 2025) against District Magistrate/Collector Rajesh Kumar Pandey. The applicant’s counsel, Rajiv Kumar Tripathi, was listed but did not appear before the court. The court’s office report indicated that the applicant had not taken any steps to serve notice on the opposite party. The judge observed that the applicant appeared to have lost interest in prosecuting the contempt proceeding. Consequently, the court dismissed the contempt application.
Issues considered
- Whether the contempt application can proceed when the applicant has failed to serve notice on the opposite party
- Whether the court may dismiss a contempt proceeding on account of the applicant’s lack of interest in prosecution
Subjects
- civil contempt
- service of notice
- procedural default
- dismissal
- high court
Judgment
Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:36674
Court No. - 1
Case :- CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 760 of 2025
Applicant :- Ram Prakash
Opposite Party :- Shri Rajesh Kumar Pandey District Magistrate / Collector
Jalaun At Orai
Counsel for Applicant :- Rajiv Kumar Tripathi
Hon'ble Salil Kumar Rai,J.
List has been revised. No one appears for the applicant.
The office report notes that no steps were taken by the applicant
for service of notice on the opposite party.
It appears that the applicant has no interest in prosecuting the
contempt application.
The application is dismissed.
Order Date :- 12.3.2025
Vipasha
Digitally signed by :-
VIPASHA MUKHERJEE
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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