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Sunday, March 7, 2010

Contempt of Courts Act, S.2--Civil Contempt

2010(1) LAW HERALD (P&H) 20
IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA
Before
The Hon’ble Mr.Justice Rakesh Kumar Garg
COCP No.596 of 2009
Vaidya Jyoti Arora and anr.
v.
Ms. S. Jalja, IAS, Secretary to Govt. of India & Ors.
{Decided on 26/10/2009}
For the Petitioner: Mr. Amar Vivek, Advocate with Ms. Rachna Arora, Advocate.
For the Respondent No.4: Mr. Sandeep Khunger, Advocate and Ms. Sujita Ray, Advocate.
For the Respondent No.5: Mr. D.D. Sharma, Advocate.
IMPOTANT POINT
Contempt--Directions not given by the Court in the judgment cannot be gone into by contempt Court.
Contempt of Courts Act, S.2--Civil Contempt--Directions not given by the Court in the judgment cannot be gone into by contempt Court--On facts--Court directed the Registrar, Board of Ayurveda and Unani system of Medicines, Punjab to complete the process of updating the State Register of Medical Practitioners of Ayurveda and Unani System of the State of Punjab within three months--Updation of register by the Board is an ongoing process and is being updated from time to time--Registrar updated as per order of the Court--Directions passed by Court stand complied with--The grievance raised by the petitioners with regard to non holding of elections for over a period of one decade cannot be gone into by High Court as there was no such direction passed by Court.

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