HC orders detention of UP particular secretary in contempt plea | India Information – Instances of India

PRAYAGRAJ: Taking critical word of disobedience of courtroom order, Allahabad excessive courtroom (HC) in a contempt proceedings handed an order of detention in opposition to Rajnish Chandra, particular secretary in Uttar Pradesh’s division of social welfare, until rising of the courtroom and a advantageous of Rs 2000 for non-compliance of the courtroom order.
The detention order was handed by Justice Salil Kumar Rai on a contempt plea filed by retired assistant instructor Suman Devi who had alleged non-payment of her wage regardless of a courtroom order of March 4. The excessive courtroom noticed, “The apology tendered by the particular secretary doesn’t persuade this courtroom to discharge him from contempt because the stated apology just isn’t real and honest.”
After the courtroom order, Chandra was taken into custody by the courtroom officer and remained in custody until 1pm. Passing the order, the excessive courtroom didn’t settle for the apology of Chandra, observing, “The act of the particular secretary in making an attempt to go the buck and his position in stopping cost of wage to the applicant by way of the order dated March 4, 2024 handed by this courtroom exhibits that the apology tendered by the particular secretary just isn’t honest and has been given solely to keep away from punishments within the proceedings.” The petitioner, Suman Devi, labored at Dr BR Ambedkar Shiksha Sadan, Abu Nagar, Fatehpur, and was to retire on April 10, 2022. She was accordingly given classes profit and was permitted to retire on the finish of the session on March 31, 2023.
When Suman Devi was not paid her wage for the entire prolonged interval of employment, she approached HC. The order allowed the prayer of the applicant and disposed of the writ petition with the route that the petitioner shall be paid her wage from April 1, 2022 until the tip of the session.