Supreme Court of India

Ramesh Kumari v. State (n.c.t. of Delhi) and Ors.

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Reported as [2006] 2 S.C.R. 403
Bench H.K. Sema and Dr. Ar. Lakshmanan JJ.
Decided 21 February 2006

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the contempt petition has been pending since 1997 and as such petition shou Id be disposed of with a sense of urgency otherwise the petition itself will loose all its force and the purpose for which the contempt is initiated would be G defeated.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: S.154-Refusal by police to register complaint-Pending a civil litigation one side breaking open lock and removing articles from suit premises- Complaint by other side-Not registered-Writ Petition-High Court holding that since contempt petition was pending and alternative remedy was available, it could not direct registration of complaint-Held, pendency of contempt . petition or alternative remedy no ground not to register the complaint-Since complaint filed against a police officer, CBI would register the complaint and investigate the maller. In a property

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to

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