PANKAJ SHUKLA Vs. ANIRUDH SINGH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This criminal contempt petition has been filed by the applicant with a prayer to take suo moto action for initiating criminal contempt proceedings against the opposite party for disobedience of the directions issued by the Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of D.K. Basu v. Stare of Bengal, and the order passed by the Division Bench of this Court in Virendra Singh and Ors. v. State of U.P. and Ors.

(2.) We have heard the learned Counsel for the Petitioner and Shri Sudhir Mehrotra, the learned AGA appearing on behalf of the State.

(3.) The grievance of the Petitioner is that the opposite party who has been impleaded by name did not follow the requirements as enumerated in the case of D.K. Basu v. State of Bengal, 1997 1 JT 1, as well as the order passed by the Division Bench of this Court in the case of Virendra Singh and Ors. v. State of U.P. and Ors.,2002 45 ACC 609 and the Petitioner was detained in custody, flouting the directions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court.