$~2 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CONT.CAS.(CRL) 18/2025 & CM APPL. 4486/2024 GUNJAN KUMAR & ANR. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Sumitra Choudhary with Mr. M.K. Raghav Raman, Ms. Jasmine Sheikh and Ms. Nitya Sharma, Advocates.

versus VEDANT .....Respondent Through: Respondent in person.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIVEK CHAUDHARY HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN

O R D E R

% 05.12.2025

1. Initially, a ‘civil contempt’ petition under Section 2(b) read with Section 11 and 12 of the Contempt of Court Act, 1971 was filed against the respondent herein for deliberate and wilful disobedience of order dated

17.01.2023.

2. During pendency of the above said civil contempt, contemnor i.e. respondent Sh. Vedant appeared before the learned Single Judge of this Court on 20.12.2023 and tendered unconditional apology for making allegations against the judicial officers and stated that he would never do so in future.

3. During further proceedings of said civil contempt matter, the petitioner, however, made reference to the averments appearing in ‘contempt petition filed by the respondent’ and finding those allegations to be contemptuous in nature, a show-cause notice was issued to respondent.

4. Such notice was replied to by the contemnor.

5. However, the contemnor did not deter and, again, made reckless allegations claiming that there was corruption in judiciary.

6. Since the assertions made in such reply were found to be contemptuous, contumacious and scandalous in nature, learned Single Judge came to prima facie, opinion that respondent had committed criminal contempt as defined in Section 2(c) of Contempt of Court Act, 1971.

7. This is how the present petition has been placed before us.

8. Mr. Vedant, the contemnor, is present in Court.

9. He, at the very outset, seeks permission to tender his apology by way of affidavit.

10. Such affidavit is directed to be taken on record.

11. The aforesaid affidavit contains his unconditional apology with regard to the assertions he had made against the judiciary.

12. Mr. Vedant submits that he has absolute faith and trust in the judiciary and expresses his deep regret for the utterances in question. He also undertakes and assures that, in future, he would be very watchful in conducting himself before any Court and would never commit any act which undermines dignity and majesty of the Court.

13. Learned counsel for the petitioner leaves it to this Court to pass appropriate orders in view of the unconditional apology.

14. Contemnor seems remorseful.

15. Taking into consideration the fact that unconditional apology has been tendered by the contemnor at the very threshold and his, relatively, lesser experience at the Bar, we, hereby, accept his unconditional apology, albeit with a caution note that he would be extremely vigilant and careful in future in his submissions before the Court and also in his pleadings. We also clarify that in case he contravenes his abovesaid undertaking and indulges in any infraction of similar nature, the petitioner herein would be at liberty to seek revival of the present proceedings.

16. Resultantly, the present proceedings are, hereby, closed.

VIVEK CHAUDHARY, J MANOJ JAIN, J DECEMBER 5, 2025/st/pb