Ajay Kumar Jain Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr. (Supreme Court of India)
The Supreme Court condoned the delay and allowed the applicant’s request to appear and argue in person. The miscellaneous application was filed by the original petitioner in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 429 of 2020 seeking directions to the District Judge, Agra, and the Senior Superintendent of Police, Agra, to provide protection to the applicant during the pendency of Civil Appeal No. 126/2021 and on subsequent dates.
The Court noted that the original writ petition had been disposed of on 06.08.2021. In that order, while declining the wider relief sought under Article 32 of the Constitution for devising a mechanism to enforce court orders, the Court had directed the District Judge to dispose of Contempt Application No. 26 of 2016 expeditiously within three months, without expressing any opinion on its merits.
The applicant informed the Court that, pursuant to those directions, the contempt application had been heard and allowed, and that the contemnor’s appeal had also been dismissed by order dated 11.11.2024. However, the applicant submitted that despite these developments he had not achieved any positive result in the litigation and now apprehended threats to himself and his family members from the contemnor.
