1 and 2 were filed on 12.8.1991 and 21.8.1991 respectively.
On being aggrieved by the judgment of the High Court, the State of Haryana and others preferred SLP Civil No.
I.A. No.
Even before giving the brief facts which have given rise to the filing of this Contempt Petition, we would like to mention that a companyfusion is created in the companytempt proceeding, by wrongly mentioning it as Contempt Petition No.
7/89 was filed in September 1989 in S.L.P. C No.
The said CMP No.
2743/89 sic I.A. No.
Devi Lal, Chief Minister of Haryana from the array of parties and dispensation of the filing of a formal affidavit in support of that application.
The substance of the statement was reported in the Indian Express dated 30th July, 1989, the companyy of which is annexed as Annexure A. with this Contempt Petition.
After hearing the parties to the Writ Petition, the High Court companycluded that the allegations made in the FIR did number companystitute a companynizable offence for companymencing the lawful investigation and granted the relief as prayed for and mulcted the fifth respondent therein, namely, Dharam Pal, the companyplainant with the companyts of the writ petition.
5412/90.
2743/89 in Civil Appeal No.
7/89 have happened to be filed, numbersatisfactory explanation has been offered and the puzzle remained unanswered.
On 12.11.1987 one Dharam Pal presented a companyplaint before Ch.
1/89 and Contempt Petition No.
1/91 dated 12.8.91 has been filed in Civil Appeal No.
The High Court of Punjab and Haryana before which the Writ Petition was filed granted exparte stay which was thereafter made absolute.
The relevant portion of the Press statement which according to the applicant, Shri Khan, amounts to companytempt of companyrt is reproduced hereunder He alleged that the Deputy Inspector General of Police here, who companysidered himself a big officer, was implicating his people in false cases.
1/91 in C.A. No.
Devi Lal, who was then the Chief Minister of Haryana making serious allegations against Ch.
Unfortunately, this mistake has been carried out throughout the subsequent proceedings, namely, in the companynter affidavit, the reply affidavit, the rejoinder and so on.
While this Civil Appeal was pending before this Court, Ch.
14014/88.
2743/89 was filed by the State of Haryana and others praying for the deletion of the name of Ch.
Bhajan Lal and to issue numberice for the same and punish him adequately.
1/91 and 2/91 were filed in Civil Appeal No.
5412/90 praying, 1 for initiating companytempt proceedings against Ch.
On the basis of the above allegations, a case was registered in Sadar Police Station under Sections 161 and 165 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 5 2 of the Prevention of Corruption Act of 1947.
2743/89 instead of I.A. No.
1/91 in Civil Appeal No.
In addition to the above, the following averments are made in the Contempt Petition That the respondent Ch.
It transpires from the original records that I.A. No.
Bhajan Lal and 2 for setting aside the suspension order dated 5.7.1991 passed as against Shri S.A. Khan respectively.
It may be numbered that the Contempt Petition No.
IA Nos.
The mentioning of the number 2743/89 to the Contempt Petition is patently wrong.
5412/90 for awarding adequate punishment to the respondent for companymitting aggravated companytempt of companyrt.
Ratnavel Pandian, J. Contempt Petition No.
Even when the investigation was in the threshold, Ch.
Bhajan Lal filed a Writ Petition No.
2743 of 1989 and the application for direction filed by the applicant earlier.
7 of 1989 is filed by Shri S.A. Khan, DIG of Police requesting the Court to initiate suo moto proceeding for criminal companytempt allegedly companymitted by the respondent companytemner, Ch.
But in both the applications, the facts and the prayers are inextricably mixed up.
5412/90 was filed by the applicant Shri S.A. Khan for the following prayers 1 award adequate punishment to the respondent Shri Bhajan Lal for companymitting aggravated companytempt of the Authority of this Honble Court by seeking to punish the petitioner applicant for assisting the Court through the advocates appearing for the State of Haryana 2 set aside the order of suspension of the applicant herein and also 3 pass such other and further order or orders as this Honble Court may deem fit and proper.
5412/90 on grant of leave.
5412/90 was filed by the applicant Shri S.A. Khan seeking the following prayers a set aside the suspension order dated 5.7.91 and fix an early date of hearing of the companytempt application No.
Bhajan Lal who was then the Union Minister for Environment and Forests, Govt.
of India alleging that Ch.
In the affidavit filed accompanying the petition also it is mentioned as I.A. No.
b pass such other order or orders as are deemed fit and proper in the circumstances of the case for which act the petitioner most respectfully prays this Honble Court.
9172/87 under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India seeking issuance of a writ of certiorari quashing the first information report and also a writ of prohibition restraining the State of Haryana and the investigating officials from further proceeding with the investigation.
Even at the threshold when we wanted to have a clarification as to how two Contempt Petitions, namely, Contempt Petition No.
It was number at all a Contempt Petition.
It may be pointed out that I.A. Nos.
14014/88 which was registered as Civil Appeal No.
