State Of U.P. & Ors. VS. Ashok Kumar Saxena And Another Etc.

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State Of U.P. & Ors. VS. Ashok Kumar Saxena And Another Etc.

PETITIONER: STATE OF U.P. & ORS.

Vs.

RESPONDENT: ASHOK KUMAR SAXENA AND ANOTHER ETC.

DATE OF JUDGMENT: 04/02/1998

BENCH: K.T. THOMAS, M. SRINIVASAN

ACT: JUDGMENT: J U D G M E N T

SRINIVASAN. J.

This is a case of gross abuse of power by the High Court in its exercise of contempt jurisdiction. The High Court has not only misunderstood the scope of its own order but also been overzealous in the purported enforcement of the same with the result it has passed a totally unwarranted order casting a stigma on the appellant in Civil Appeal No.

748 of 1997 who was then the Engineer-in-Chief, Department of Irrigati...

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