Supreme Court of India

Sri Debendranath Nanda v. Shri Chandra Shekhar Kumar

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Reported as [2012] 11 S.C.R. 22
Bench P. Sathasivam and Ranjan Gogoi JJ.
Decided 22 November 2012

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the interpretation of the Department is unacceptable.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Contempt of Court: c Contempt proceedings - Order of State Government to adjust the appellant an Acharya Pandit in a Government Aided Institution against existing vacancy of Head Pandit in Government Sanskrit Institution - Not implemented by Department - High Court directing to consider the case of appellant following an earlier judgment - Non-compliance of - Contempt proceedings - Dropped by High Court observing that the appellant had completed the age of 58 years - Held: Court is fully satisfied that for one reason or the other, the appellant was dragged for nearly 14 years and by efflux of

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