$~37 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + Date of Decision: 05.02.2026 % LPA 57/2026 & CM APPL. 7966/2026 SACHIN .....Appellant Through: Ms. Vasudha Saini, Adv.

versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Chetanya Puri, SPC with Ms.Himani, GP and Ms. Nisha Puri, Advs.

CORAM:

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TEJAS KARIA DEVENDRA KUMAR UPADHYAYA, CJ. (ORAL)

CM APPL. 7967/2026 (for exemption

1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

2. The application stands disposed of.

LPA 57/2026 & CM APPL. 7966/2026 (for stay

3. This Letters Patent Appeal questions the validity of an order dated 24.12.2025 passed by learned Single Judge in CONT.CAS.(C) 1994/2025 instituted by the appellant, whereby the Contempt Petition has been disposed of by observing that in the facts of the case no willful disobedience is made out.

4. On a query by the Court as to how the instant Letters Patent Appeal shall be maintainable in view of the law laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Midnapore Peoples’ Coop. Bank Ltd. v. Chunilal Nanda, 2006 (5) SCC 399, learned counsel for the appellant has submitted that the instant Letters Patent Appeal will be maintainable in view of observation