IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH COCP-1168-2022 (O&M)

Date of Decision: 24.02.2026 Dharamjit Singh ......Petitioner Vs.

Ghanshyam Thori and others ......Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUDEEPTI SHARMA Present : Mr. Dharamjit Singh, petitioner in person (through VC) and Mr. Amardeep Tiwana, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Animesh Sharma, Addl. Advocate General, Punjab, for the respondents.

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SUDEEPTI SHARMA J. (ORAL)

1. The present contempt petition has been filed for deliberate and intentional disobedience of judgment dated 18.07.2005 passed by Hon’ble the Supreme Court in Writ Petition (Civil) No.72 of 1998, judgment dated 01.05.2012 passed the Division Bench of this Court in CWP-4794-2011 and judgment dated 22.07.2019 passed by the Division Bench of this Court in CWP-6213-2016 and other connected cases, whereby this writ petition was disposed of with the following directions:-

“28. Accordingly, the writ petitions are disposed of with the following mandatory directions:-

i) The States of Punjab, Haryana and Union Territory, Chandigarh are directed to ensure that no loudspeaker or public address system shall be used by any person including religious bodies i