Himachal Pradesh High Court
COPC/1260/2026 of SANJAY KUMAR Vs RAKESH KANWAR AND ANOTHER on 7 September 2026
HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA COPC No. 1260 of 2026 Date of Decision: 07.09.2026 _____________________________________________________________________ Sanjay Kumar ……...Petitioner Versus Rakesh Kanwar & Anr. …....Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA COPC No. 1260 of 2026
Date of Decision: 07.09.2026 _____________________________________________________________________ Sanjay Kumar
……...Petitioner Versus Rakesh Kanwar & Anr.
…....Respondents
Coram
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?
For the Petitioner: Ms. Babita Chauhan, Advocate.
For the Respondents: Mr. Rajan Kahol & Mr. Vishal Panwar, Additional Advocates General with Mr. Ravi Chauhan & Mr. Anish Banshtu, Deputy Advocates General. ___________________________________________________________________________
Sandeep Sharma, J. (Oral)
By way of instant Contempt Petition, prayer has been made on behalf of the petitioner for initiation of contempt proceedings against the respondents for their having willfully and intentionally disobeyed the directions contained in the order/judgment dated 12.12.2025, rendered in CWP No.7844 of 2024, titled as Sanjay Kumar Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Another along with connected matters, whereby Co-ordinate Bench of this Court, while disposing of the writ petition filed by the petitioner, reserved liberty to the petitioner to prefer his representation to respondent No.3/competent authority, within three weeks for redressal of his grievance raised in the instant petition. Co-ordinate Bench of this Court further directed respondent No.3/competent authority to decide the aforesaid representation within one week from the date of decision
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of LPA No.205 of 2025, titled as State of H.P. Vs. Chunni Lal. Since despite there being aforesaid direction, no steps, whatsoever, came to be taken at the behest of the respondents for doing the needful, petitioner has approached this Court in the instant proceedings.
2. Mr. Rajan Kahol, learned Additional Advocate General, while accepting notice on behalf of the respondents, states that though he has every reason to believe and presume that by now, judgment, alleged to have been violated, must have been complied with in its totality, but if not, same would be positively complied with within a period of three weeks from today.
3. Consequently, in view of the fair stand adopted by learned Additional Advocate General, this Court sees no reason to keep the present petition alive and accordingly, same is closed. However, respondents are directed to do the needful in terms of judgment, alleged to have been violated within a period of three weeks from today, failing which, they would aggravate the contempt and petitioner would be at liberty to get the present petition revived so that appropriate action in accordance with law is taken against the erring officials. Notice issued to the respondents are discharged.
September 07, 2026
(Sandeep Sharma), (Sunil)
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