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SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS
CLCON/206/2025 Sharan Singh Khati --Petitioner Versus
Ashutosh Agnihotri & another --Respondents Hon'ble Pankaj Purohit, J.
Mr. Rachit Tiwari, learned Counsel for petitioner.
2. Mr. A.S. Rawat, learned Sr. Advocate assisted by Mr. Bhuvnesh Joshi, learned Counsel for respondents.
3. In response to the notice issued to respondent- contemnor no.2, pursuant to this Court’s order dated 07.07.2026, Counsel for respondent no.2 is present before this Court. Exemption Application (IA/2/2026) has been filed on behalf of respondent no.2 along with the affidavit. With the said affidavit, copy of order dated 21.07.2026 passed by Hon’ble Supreme Court in Special Leave Petition (Civil) Diary No.34187 of 2026 is annexed. By the said order, the Apex Court has stayed the effect and operation of order dated 19.03.2025 passed in WPSB No.415 of 2023 (Sharan Singh Khati v. Union of India and others) has been stayed till further orders.
4. Since the order dated 19.03.2025, for non- compliance of which contempt petition is filed, has been stayed until further orders, therefore, at this
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juncture, this Court is of the opinion that no useful purpose would be served to keep the contempt petition pending.
5. The contempt petition is, accordingly, closed. However, the liberty is given to the petitioner to file a fresh contempt petition, if cause of action arises in future in his favor for filing such petition.
(Pankaj Purohit, J.)
12.08.2026 R.Dang