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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA
COPC No.1035 of 2025
Date of Decision: 07.10.2025 _______________________________________________________
Deepti & others
…….Petitioners
Versus
Sh. Ashish Kohli
… Respondent
Coram: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? 1
For the Petitioner: Mr. Vaibhav Tanwar, Advocate.
For the Respondent: Mr. Rajan Kahol, Additional Advocate General, with Mr. Ravi Chauhan and Mr. Anish Banshtu, Deputy Advocate Generals.
___________________________________________________________________ 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 respondent for his having intentionally and deliberately disobeyed the mandate contained in judgment/order dated 11.07.2025 passed by Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in CWP No. 11201 of 2025 titled Deepti and others vs. State of Himachal Pradesh and others.
2.
Careful perusal of aforesaid order/judgment, alleged to have been violated, reveals that Co-ordinate Bench of this Court, while disposing of the petition, directed the respondents to consider
1Whether the reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment?
2 and decide the representation of the petitioners within a period of six weeks. Since, despite there being specific direction to do the needful, as taken note hereinabove, respondent failed to do the needful, petitioners have approached this Court in the instant proceedings.
3.
Mr. Rajan Kahol, learned Additional Advocate General representing the respondent 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 two 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 respondent to do the needful in terms of
judgment/order dated 11.07.2025, positively within a period of two weeks, if not already done, failing which, he 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. Notice issued to the respondent is hereby discharged accordingly.
(Sandeep Sharma),
Judge October 07,2025 (shankar)