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2025 Supreme(Online)(Cal) 9598

CALCUTTA HIGH COURT
PARTHA GHOSH – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ORS. – Respondent


23.05.2025 Sl. No. 1 Ct. No.15 Suman CRLCP 9 of 2025 The Court on its own Motion :

Re: Arunangshu Chakraborty in WPCRC 206 of 2023 in WPA 22027 of 2022 Mr. Arunangshu Chakraborty …alleged contemnor (In person)

Mr. Kishore Datta ….learned Advocate General This Court initiated a proceeding under Section 14 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, against the contemnor, Mr.

Arunangshu Chakraborty, an advocate.

After hearing Mr. Chakraborty and the learned Advocate General, I am of the view that the charges against Mr. Chakraborty have been proved. I hold him guilty of the offence punishable under Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, and accordingly, I sentence him to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of four days.

The facts leading to the punishment of Mr. Chakraborty must be narrated from December 2, 2022, when a Division Bench of this Court, in a contempt proceeding relating to the retirement age of an “Accompanist” teacher of Rabindra Bharati University, made the following observations against Mr. Chakraborty and the then Registrar of Rabindra Bharati University:

“We are unable to accept the submission of Mr.

Chakraborty that the alleged contemnors are not duty bound to obey

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