REENA KUMARI AND OTHERS v. M. SUDHA DEVI AND OTHERS
COPC/1369/2026 · 2026-09-21
Sandeep Sharma
Contempt Petitionbody2026
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA
COPC No.1369 of 2026
Date of Decision: 21.9.2026 _____________________________________________________________________ Reena Kumari and Ors. ……...Petitioners Versus Sudha Devi and Ors.
…....Respondents
Coram
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?
For the Petitioners: Ms. Mamta Garg, Advocate.
For the Respondents: Mr. Rajan Kahol & Mr. Vishal Panwar, Additional Advocates General and Mr. Ravi Chauhan & Mr. Anish Banshtu, Deputy Advocates General, for respondents No. 1 & 2.
Mr. Manohar
Lal Sharma, Advocate, for respondent No.3. ___________________________________________________________________________
Sandeep Sharma, J. (Oral)
By way of present contempt petition, prayer has been made by the petitioners for initiation of contempt proceedings against the respondents for their having willfully and intentionally disobeyed the directions contained in order/judgment dated 13.5.2026, passed by coordinate Bench of this Court in CWP No.6204 of 2026, titled Reena Kumari and Ors. v. State of Himachal Pradesh and Ors., whereby afore petition came to be disposed of with a direction to respondents/competent
2 authority to consider and decide representations of the petitioners within twelve weeks. Since no action, whatsoever, came to be taken at the behest of the respondents pursuant to aforesaid direction, petitioners have approached this Court in the instant proceedings.
2.
Learned counsel for the respondents state that though they have every reason to presume and believe that by now, order/judgment sought to be executed, must have been complied with in its totality, but if not, same would be definitely complied with within a period of three weeks from today.
3.
Consequently, in view of the fair stand adopted by learned counsel for the respondents, this Court sees no reason to keep present petition alive and accordingly, same is disposed of with direction to the respondents to do the needful in terms of judgment alleged to have been violated within a period of three weeks, failing which petitioners would be at liberty to get the present petition revived so that appropriate action in accordance with law is taken against the erring officials.
September 21, 2026
(Sandeep Sharma), (manjit)
Judge