DR. (CAPT.) AKHOURI RAMESH CHANDRA SINHA versus THE STATE OF BIHAR AND ORS.
No deliberate or wilful disobedience in implementation of Supreme Court's orders; any benefits wrongly given to others may be adjudicated in separate proceedings; State's undertaking to promote petitioner recorded.
- Parties
- Petitioner: DR. (CAPT.) AKHOURI RAMESH CHANDRA SINHA; Respondent: THE STATE OF BIHAR; Intervenor: Vinod Kr. Kanth; Intervenor: Rudresh Singh; Intervenor: R.P. Wadhwani
- Jurisdiction
- India
- Judgment Date
- 21 February 1997
- Procedural Posture
- Contempt Petition (c) No. 488 89 of 1996 / Order on Contempt Petition
- Outcome
- Contempt petitions disposed of
- Legal Topics
- Implementation of Supreme Court Orders, Seniority and Promotion in Government Service
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Parties
DR. (CAPT.) AKHOURI RAMESH CHANDRA SINHA
Petitioner
THE STATE OF BIHAR
Respondent
Vinod Kr. Kanth
Intervenor
Rudresh Singh
Intervenor
R.P. Wadhwani
Intervenor
Procedural Posture
Contempt Petition (c) No. 488 89 of 1996 / Order on Contempt Petition
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether respondents wilfully disobeyed Supreme Court's orders regarding petitioner's seniority and consequential benefits
- 2 Whether omission to provide promotion constituted contempt
Ratio Decidendi
No deliberate or wilful disobedience in implementation of Supreme Court's orders; any benefits wrongly given to others may be adjudicated in separate proceedings; State's undertaking to promote petitioner recorded.
Court Disposition
Contempt petitions disposed of
Orders
- Application for intervention dismissed
- State Government to give due promotion to petitioner within 15 days
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