HAJUR SINGH AND OTHERS v. APPORV DEVGAN AND ANOTHER
COPC/95/2025 · 2025-03-06
Sandeep Sharma
Contempt Petitionbody2025
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA
COPC No.95 of 2025
Date of Decision: 06.03.2025 _______________________________________________________
Hajur Singh and others
…….Petitioners
Versus
Apoorv Devgan and another
… Respondents
Coram: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? 1
For the Petitioners: Mr. Sahil Thakur, Proxy counsel vice Mr. R.L.Chaudhary, Advocate.
For the Respondent: Mr. Anup Rattan, Advocate General with Mr. Rajan Kahol, Mr. Vishal Panwar and Mr. B.C.Verma, Additional Advocate Generals and Mr. Ravi Chauhan, Deputy Advocate General. _______________________________________________________ Sandeep Sharma, Judge(oral):
By way of instant contempt petition, prayer has been made on behalf of the petitioners for initiation of contempt proceedings against the respondents for their having intentionally and deliberately disobeyed the mandate contained in judgment/order dated 28.05.2024 passed by this Court in CWP No. 4013 of 2024, titled Hajpur Singh and others vs. State of Himachal Pradesh and others.
2.
Careful perusal of aforesaid order/judgment, alleged to have been violated, reveals that this Court, while disposing of the petition,
directed the respondents to decide the representation of the petitioners
1Whether the reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment?
2
within a period of four weeks. Since, despite there being specific direction to do the needful, as taken note above, respondents failed to do the needful in terms of aforesaid judgment, petitioner has approached this Court in the instant proceedings.
3.
Mr. Rajan Kahol, learned Additional Advocate General representing the respondents, states that though he has every reason to believe and presume that by now aforesaid judgment/ order alleged to have been violated, must have been complied with, but if not, same would be complied with within a period of four weeks from today.
4.
Consequently, in view of the fair statement made by learned Additional Advocate General, this Court sees no reason to keep the present proceedings alive and accordingly, same are closed with the direction to the respondents to do the needful in terms of judgment/order dated 28.05.2024 rendered by this Court positively within a period of four weeks, if not already done, failing which, they would further aggravate the contempt. Petitioners are at liberty to get the present proceedings revived in case aforesaid
judgment is not complied with, so that appropriate action, in accordance with law is taken against the erring officials. Notices issued to the respondents are hereby discharged accordingly.
(Sandeep Sharma),
Judge March 06,2025 (shankar)