Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:115561-DB Court No. - 45 Case :- CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CRIMINAL) No. - 9 of 2025 Applicant :- Gangaram Opposite Party :- Sompal Kashyap And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Anshuman Saxena,Shivam Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- Som Pal Hon'ble Salil Kumar Rai,J. Hon'ble Sandeep Jain,J. Heard the counsel for the applicant. The present contempt application has been filed bringing to the notice of the Court certain conduct of the opposite parties which the applicant pleads are contumacious in nature and amounts to criminal contempt of this Court for which the alleged contemnors are liable to be summoned and prosecuted for contempt under Section 15 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. It has been pleaded that the Court may, on it own motion, institute proceedings under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 against the alleged contemnors. The statements of the opposite party alleged to have been given in 2015 are as follows : - "यह ककी अधधिवकक्ता महहेश चचंद्र सक्सहेनक्ता व हहमक्ताचंशशु सक्सहेनक्ता कहे हक्ताईककोरर कहे जजजों सहे अच्छहे सम्बन्धि हहै इसधलिए धजलिहे व मचंडलि कहे न्यक्ताहयक अधधिकक्ताररियजों सहे अच्छछी पकड़ हहै तथक्ता न्यक्तायक्तालिय मम मनचक्ताहक्ता कक्ताम करिक्तातहे हह, न्यक्तायक्तालिय ककी पतक्तावधलियजों कहे सक्ताथ छहेड़छक्ताड़ भछी करितहे हहै इसधलिए शक्तासन-प्रशक्तासन परि दबदबक्ता कक्तायम हहै। इसधलिए ककोई कक्तायरवक्ताहछी नहहीं हकोतछी हहै। लिकोगजों सहे धिन ककी अवहैधि वससूलिछी करितहे हहै तथक्ता रूपयक्ता लिहेकरि भछी हवधधि-व्यवसक्ताय नहहीं करितहे हह। अच्छछी पकड़ हकोनहे ककी वजह सहे कहेत ककी जनतक्ता कक्तायरवक्ताहछी करिनहे सहे घबरिक्तातछी हहै"।" The statements alleged to be made by the opposite party in 2022 are as follows : - " यह कक वररष अधधवकक महहदय शश महहश चचद सकसहनक अपनक पभकव जमकनह हहतत अपनह पततत कह बकरह मम नयकयकलयत मम बहस कह ददरकन बतकतह हह कक उनकह दहनत पतत मकननशय उचच नयकयकलय मम वककलत करतह हह तथक उसकह पयकस सह हश मतचधसफ नयकयकलय बशसलपतर आयक हह तथक उनकह समबनध मकननशय उचच नयकयकलय इलकहकबकद कह जजत सह हह।" The contumaciuos conduct of the opposite parties as referred in the contempt application was of 2015 and 2022 and the cause of action arose on the date when the imputed statements were made by the opposite party. In view of bar of Section 20 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, no proceedings for contempt can now be instituted on the allegations made in the contempt application as it has been more than one year since the cause of action arose. The application is dismissed. Order Date :- 17.7.2025 Satyam Digitally signed by :- SATYAM AGRAHARI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad