Ritu Maheshwari vs Ramesh Chandra Nagar 2025 INSC 940 - Contempt Of Court

Contempt of Court - While setting aside the contempt proceedings, SC observed: The directions issued in order had been complied with. If the respondents were aggrieved by the reasoning given by the appellant, then, at the most, it could have given rise to fresh cause of action for challenging the said orders. (Para 30)

Case Info

Case Name and Neutral Citation

  • Case Name: Ritu Maheshwari, Chief Executive Officer v. Ramesh Chandra Nagar and Others
  • Neutral Citation: 2025 INSC 940

Coram

  • B.R. Gavai, Chief Justice of India (CJI)
  • K. Vinod Chandran, J.

Judgment Date

  • Date of Judgment: July 29, 2025

Caselaws and Citations

  • Special Appeal No. 1403 of 2005 (Allahabad High Court)
  • SLP(C) No. 2452 of 2020, Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority v. Ashok Kumar and Ors.
    • Supreme Court order dated 31.1.2021 (stay of contempt proceedings)
  • Writ A. No. 9743 of 2019 (Allahabad High Court)

Statutes/Laws Referred

  • Government Order dated 24.2.2016 (regarding regularization of employees)
  • Regularization Rules, 2016
  • Government Order dated 18.9.2018
  • Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 (CLRA Act)
  • Limitation Act, 1963 (Section 14)