Rajkumar Gupta vs State of Jharkhand

Judicial Analysis Court Copy Headnote Facts Arguments Court observation

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner:Mr. Umesh Kumar Choubey, Advocate
For the Respondent: Mr. Shubham Gautam, Ac to A.A.G.-V

Table of Content
1. petition challenges section 19 as ultra vires and discriminatory. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4)
2. no appeal right for contempt petitioner violates article 14. (Para 5 , 6)
3. contempt lis between court and contemnor; appeal statutory. (Para 7 , 8 , 9)
4. section 19 upheld; no case for invalidity or reading down. (Para 10 , 11 , 12 , 13)
5. contempt proceedings exclusively between court and contemnor. (Para 14 , 15 , 16)
6. right of appeal is statutory creation, not inherent. (Para 17 , 18 , 19 , 20)
7. no article 14 discrimination; contemnor and petitioner unequal. (Para 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26)
8. limited appealability under section 19 per midnapore ruling. (Para 27 , 28 , 29 , 30)
9. presumption of constitutionality; appeal not constitutional right. (Para 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36)
10. reading down doctrine inapplicable to section 19. (Para 37 , 38 , 39)
11. petition dismissed; liberty for other remedies granted. (Para 40 , 41 , 42)

ORDER :

1. Heard Mr Umesh Kumar Choubey, learned counsel for the petitioner, and Mr Shubham Gautam, learned A.C to A.A.G-V for the Respondent State.

2. The petitioner, by instituting this petition, questions the constitutional validity of Section