Cont.(Cvl)/697/2019 of BHAGINATH MAHTO Vs THE STATE OF JHARKHAND on 18 December 2020

1. The State of Jharkhand

2. Dr. Bhuvnesh Pratap Singh, the Deputy Commissioner, Hazaribagh

3. Sri Nitesh Gupta, the Assistant Mining Officer, Hazaribagh … … Opposite Parties CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH SHANKAR

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For the Petitioner : Mr. Anil Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Parties : Mr. Shray Mishra, AC to GA-III

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08/18.12.2020 The contempt case is taken up today through Video conferencing.

The present contempt petition has been filed for initiating a contempt proceeding against the contemnors/opposite parties alleging willful disobedience of the order dated 14.05.2018 passed by this Court in W.P.(C) No. 2494 of 2016.

Mr. Shray Mishra, AC to GA-III, submits that a show cause affidavit on behalf of the opposite party no. 2 has been filed, annexing a copy of the order dated 17.12.2019 passed by the opposite party no. 2. It is further submitted that cost of Rs. 5,000/- as imposed by this Court upon opposite party no. 2 vide order dated 11.12.2020 has also been deposited in favour of the Jharkhand Advocates’ Association Welfare and Development Fund, a receipt thereof has been annexed with the supplementary show cause affidavit.

Having heard the learned counsel for the parties and keeping in view that the order dated 14.05.2018 passed by this Court in W.P.(C) No. 2494 of 2016 has been complied by the opposite party no. 2, there is no reason to further proceed in the contempt petition. The contempt proceeding as against the opposite parties is hereby dropped.

The contempt petition is accordingly disposed of.

The petitioner is, however, at liberty to take appropriate recourse against the order dated 17.12.2019 passed by the opposite party no. 2 as provided under law.

(Rajesh Shankar, J.)