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IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
RAI CHATTOPADHYAY
Dhananjay Sardar – Appellant
Versus
Arup Sengupta, the Commissioner of School Education – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Rai Chattopadhyay, J.
1. Heard learned Advocates for the respective parties and perused the records.
2. This is a contempt application by the petitioner, alleging willful and deliberate violation of this Court’s order dated September 20, 2024, passed in writ petition no. WPA 23788 of 2017.
3. Mr. Biswas appearing for the petitioner, has contended that the order of the Court as above, has not been complied with by the alleged contemnor in its true letters and spirit. Instead, after filing of this contempt and in an endevour to safeguard himself from the obvious fall out of his wilful disobedience of the Court’s order, an order has been passed by the said alleged contemnor, that is, dated November 27, 2024, which is nothing but an eye wash only.
4. Mr. Biswas has stated that the so-called compliance by the alleged contemnor vide his order dated November 27, 2024 is nothing but sham and may not be acceptable by this Court as a due compliance of its order, as mentioned above.
5. By referring to a judgment of the Supreme Court in the case of C. Elumalai and Others Vs. A.G.L. Irudayaraj and Another reported in 2009 4 SCC 213, he has stated that in case a clear and unambiguous order
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