MANNU LAL v. SRI DEVENDRA SINGH-II LEARNED PRINCIPAL JUDGE, FAMILY COURT
CAPL/1642/2025 · 2025-04-10
Piyush Agrawal
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:53617
Court No. - 10 Case :- CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 1642 of 2025 Applicant :- Mannu Lal Opposite Party :- Sri Devendra Singh-Ii Learned Principal Judge, Family Court Counsel for Applicant :- Aushim Luthra,Harishchandra Yadav,Utkarshni Singh Hon'ble Piyush Agrawal,J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant. Vide order dated 27.09.2024 passed in Matter U/A 227 No. 12385/2024 filed by the applicant, the Court directed as under:
" In the facts and circumstances of the case as well as considering the pendency of aforesaid case since long, the present petition is finally disposed of with direction to the Additional Principal Judge, Family Court, Saharanpur to decide the aforesaid case in accordance with law maximum within a period three months in light of Section 21-B of Act, 1955 after providing opportunity of hearing to opposite party and without granting any unnecessary adjournment to either of the parties. In case any adjournment is granted, Court shall record the detail reasons for the same. "
Learned counsel for the applicant submits that a certified copy of the aforesaid order was submitted for compliance before the opposite party, but the opposite party has wilfully not complied with the order and, thus, has committed civil contempt liable for punishment under Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. Prima facie, a case of contempt has been made out. However, considering the facts and circumstances of the case, one more opportunity is afforded to the opposite party to comply with the aforesaid order of the writ Court within two months from the date of production of a copy of this order. The applicant shall supply a duly stamped registered envelope addressed to the opposite party and another self-addressed stamped envelope to the office within one week from today. The office shall send a copy of this order along with the self-addressed envelope of the applicant with a copy of contempt application to the opposite party within one week thereafter and keep a record thereof.
The opposite party shall comply with the directions of the writ Court and intimate him of the order through the self-addressed envelop within a week thereafter. With the aforesaid observations, this application is disposed of at this stage with liberty to the applicant to move a fresh application, if the order is not complied with by the opposite party within the stipulated time as aforementioned.
Order Date :- 11.4.2025 Amit Mishra Digitally signed by :- AMIT KUMAR MISHRA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad