Supreme Court of India
Ramesh Kumari v. State (n.c.t. of Delhi) and Ors.
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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
- 2013 Lalita Kumari v. Govt. of U.P. and Ors.
- 2025 Vinod Kumar Pandey & Anr. v. Seesh Ram Saini & Ors.
- 2011 Narmada Bai v. State of Gujarat and Ors
Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to
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