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2026 DAILYLAW 19499 (DEL)

DHIRAJ v. PROCTORIAL BOARD, DR. B.R. AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY

CONT.CAS(C)/1773/2026 · 2026-09-24

Neena Bansal Krishna

Contempt Petitionbody2026

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$~92 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010458412026 + CONT.CAS(C) 1773/2026, CM APPL. 66032/2026 DHIRAJ .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Neeraj Kumar Shah, Adv. versus PROCTORIAL BOARD, DR. B.R. AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY .....Respondent Through: Mr. Mohinder Rupal, Adv. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA O R D E R % 24.09.2026 1. Contempt Petition under Sections 10, 11 and 12 of Contempt of Courts Act has been filed on behalf of the Petitioner against Respondent for non-compliance of Order dated 30.07.2026, whereby Inquiry Committee was directed to conclude inquiry proceedings expeditiously and not later than four weeks from that day. 2. Learned counsel for the Petitioner submits despite specific directions, inquiry has not been completed till date. 3. Learned counsel for the Respondent appears on advance Notice, accepts Notice and submits that inquiry has already been concluded on 10.09.2026 and is pending before Disciplinary Committee for imposition of penalty / sentence. He also submits that a Show Cause Notice was also issued to the Petitioner, to which he has already filed a Reply. 4. Learned counsel for the Petitioner submits that it is only after the filing of present Contempt Petition that Show Cause Notice was issued by the Respondent and therefore, contempt has been committed. 5. Merely because the Show Cause Notice was issued after the date of 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 26/09/2026 at 11:07:53 filing present Contempt Petition does not take away the statement made by learned counsel for the Respondent that inquiry has already been concluded on 10.09.2026. No contempt is made out in the present case. 6. Accordingly, present Contempt Petition along with pending Application is disposed of. NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J. SEPTEMBER 24, 2026/R 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 26/09/2026 at 11:07:53