GREENS ZOOLOGICAL RESCUE AND REHABILITATION CENTRE SOCIETY & ANR. v. HIMAL SOUTHASIAN & ORS.
CONT.CAS(C)/317/2025 · 2025-05-19
Anish Dayal
Contempt Petitionbody2025
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$~71 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CONT.CAS(C) 317/2025 & CM APPL. 12368/2025 GREENS ZOOLOGICAL RESCUE AND REHABILITATION CENTRE SOCIETY & ANR.
.....Petitioners
Through: Mr. Adhish Srivastava, Adv
versus
HIMAL SOUTHASIAN & ORS.
.....Respondents Through: Ms. Vrinda Grover, Ms. Devika Tulsiani, Mr. Soutik Banerjee, Advs. for R-1 & 2.
Mr. Vineet Dhanda, CGSC with Mr. Chetan Jadon, GP, Mr. Vansh Jadon, Adv. , Ms. Hemlata Singh,Adv., Ms Shivangi Rajawat, Adv.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANISH DAYAL
O R D E R %
19.05.2025
1. This petition alleges wilful disobedience of the order dated 27th August 2024 passed by this order in Contempt Case No. 1338/2024.
2. A perusal of said order would show that there is no direction passed against respondent nos. 1 and 2 in the said order. The mere mention of respondent nos. 1 and 2, which were not parties in the Contempt Case No. 1338/2024 relates to an article published on 20th March 2024, which finds mention in paragraph 10 of the said order.
3. A perusal of the said order does not indicate any directions issued against respondent nos.1 and 2, wilful disobedience of which can be agitated in a contempt petition. This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 01/07/2025 at 01:43:32
4. It is further noted that petitioners themselves are respondent nos. 3 and 4 in the IPL filed by one Mr. Rahul Narula.
5. The original Writ Petition (Crl.) 485/2024 was disposed of by the
judgment dated 12th February 2024 (2024:DHC:1123-DB) noting as under:
6. Alleging contempt of the same, Mr. Rahul Narula, the petitioner, had filed Cont. Case 1338/2024, which was disposed of by order dated 27th August 2024, in which the petitioner themselves were respondent nos. 3 and
7. After having perused the petition and hearing the submission of the parties, the Court is of the opinion that these circumstances do not provide a cause of action for the petitioner to file a contempt petition, since there is no direction of which wilful disobedience can be alleged.
8. Accordingly, this contempt petition stands dismissed along with the pending application. This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 01/07/2025 at 01:43:32
9. Petitioner’s counsel states that they would pursue other remedies in accordance with law regarding their grievance with the respondent no. 1 and 2. Needless to state that option is always available to the petitioners in law.
10.
Order be uploaded on the website of this Court.
ANISH DAYAL, J MAY 19, 2025/sm/bp
This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 01/07/2025 at 01:43:32