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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
VIKRAM AGGARWAL
Harnek Singh – Appellant
Versus
Anindita Mitra, Principal Secretary, Department of Education, Punjab – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
VIKRAM AGGARWAL, J.
The instant contempt petition has been preferred under Article 215 of the Constitution of India, read with Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 (for short, ‘the 1971 Act’), seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against the respondents for deliberate and willful disobedience of the order dated 21.07.2011 (Annexure P-2), passed in CWP-4267-2010, titled as “Harnek Singh and others v. State of Punjab and others” and the order dated 23.03.2012 (Annexure P-3), passed in COCP-941-2011, titled as “Disabled Persons Association v. SC Aggarwal and another”, and COCP-3142-2011, titled as “Harnesh Singh and another v. Hussan Lal”
2. The petitioners are visually disabled persons, who along with other persons, had instituted CWP-4267-2010 on the basis of a decision of the Division Bench of this Court rendered in CWP-11467-2010, titled as “Disabled Persons Association v. State of Punjab and others”. The said writ petition was instituted by the Disabled Persons Association as a Public Interest Litigation praying for grant of reservation to the extent of 3% to the physically handicapped persons and appointment to public posts by way of direct recruitment a
Contempt proceedings cannot determine individual claims without prior adjudication; the court's role is limited to assessing willful disobedience of specific orders.
In contempt proceedings, the court has limited jurisdiction and cannot adjudicate claims beyond compliance issues as defined in prior orders, reaffirming the need for independent adjudication in sepa....
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