IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA INHERENT JURISDICTION

CONTEMPT PETITION(C) NO.1238/2023

IN

SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (C) NO.8159/2021

KRISHNA APPAYA PATIL PETITIONER

VERSUS

DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION & ORS. RESPONDENTS

O R D E R

1. No case to entertain this Contempt Petition is made out. The same is dismissed with liberty to the petitioner to challenge the order dated 27.10.2023 before an appropriate Forum.

2. All pending applications, if any, stand disposed of.

...................J. (SURYA KANT)

...................J. (K.V. VISWANATHAN)

New Delhi; February 05, 2024

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

CONMT.PET.(C) No.1238/2023 in SLP(C) No.8159/2021

KRISHNA APPAYA PATIL Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION & ORS. Respondent(s)

(FOR ADMISSION and IA No.233300/2023-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

Date : 05-02-2024 This petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.V. VISWANATHAN

For Petitioner(s) Mr. Somesh Tiwari, Adv. Mrs. Vidula Mehrotra, Adv. Mr. Kaveesh Nair, Adv. Ms. Mahima Mukherjee, Adv. Mr. Amit Dubey, Adv. Mr. Shubhankar Singh, Adv. Mr. Utsav Saxena, Adv. Ms. Stuti Karwal, Adv. Ms. Aashna Mehra, Adv. Mr. Supragya Ram Mishra, Adv. Mr. Kartikeya Singh, Adv. Ms. Rachael Tuli, Adv. Mr. Ankit Tiwari, Adv. Ms. Manisha Ambwani, AOR

For Respondent(s) Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Ms. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Ms. Raavi Sharma, Adv. Ms. Yamini Singh, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

1. The contempt petition is dismissed in terms of the signed order.

2. All pending applications, if any, stand disposed of.

(ARJUN BISHT) (PREETHI T.C.) COURT MASTER (SH) COURT MASTER (NSH) (signed order is placed on the file)