IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA COPC No.887 of 2026 Decided on: 20th August, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kalpana Thakur and others …..Petitioners Versus Sh. Devesh Kumar and others .....Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua Whether approved for reporting?1 For the Petitioners: Mr. Prateek Pal, Advocate. For the Respondents: Ms. Menka Raj Chauhan, Deputy Advocate General. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge Learned Deputy Advocate General submits that the judgment rendered in Kalpana Thakur and others Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others2, sought to be enforced by the petitioners, is based on the decision rendered in Ghanshyam Dass and others Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and others3. That operation of the decision rendered in Ghanshyam Dass and others3 has been stayed vide order dated 17.08.2026 passed in LPA 1 Whether reporters of print and electronic media may be allowed to see the order? Yes 2 CWP No.2403 of 2026, decided on 05.03.2026 3 CWP No.2056 of 2023, decided alongwith connected matters on 21.03.2024 2 No.205 of 2025 (State of Himachal Pradesh and Ors. Vs. Chunni Lal) and connected matters. In view of above, the present contempt proceedings are closed. Notices issued to the respondents are discharged. Liberty is, however, reserved to the petitioners to seek appropriate remedy in accordance with law for the redressal of their surviving grievances, if any, at an appropriate stage, in case need so arises in future. Jyotsna Rewal Dua August 20, 2026 Judge Mukesh