ZAKIR HUSSAIN SARKAR AND 21 ORS. vs HEMEN DAS AND 5 ORS. Advocate - MR. M NATH, ,MR. A BHATTACHARJEE,MR. A ROY — Cont.Cas(C)/239/2020

Case under Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 Section 12. Disposed: Contested--Disposed Of on 06th May 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: GAHC010085472020

Filing Number

Cont.Cas(C)/4728/2020

Filing Date

15-Jun-2020

Registration No

Cont.Cas(C)/239/2020

Registration Date

15-Jun-2020

Judge

Honourable Mr. Justice Devashis Baruah

Coram

Honourable Mr. Justice Devashis Baruah

Category

10200 - Contempt Petition (Civil). ( 178 )

Judicial Branch

Civil Section

Decision Date

06-May-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--Disposed Of

Last updated 09-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 Section 12

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.ZAKIR HUSSAIN SARKAR AND 21 ORS.

    Adv. MR. S K ROY,MD K RAHMAN,MD K RAHMAN, ,K RAHMAN

  2. 2.MAINUL HOQUE BEPARI

  3. 3.ABDUL AZIZ

  4. 4.MANJILA BIBI

  5. 5.CHAMIYA BIBI

  6. 6.ALTAF HUSSAIN

  7. 7.WAHIDA PARVIN

  8. 8.RUBINA KHATUN

  9. 9.ABDUL JABBAR

  10. 10.RASMISA KHATUN BIBI

  11. 11.SANOWAR HUSSAIN

  12. 12.LALCHAN MONDAL

  13. 13.FIROZA BEGUM

  14. 14.USUFA KHATUN

  15. 15.AHAD ALI SK

  16. 16.SHAHANARA BENUN

  17. 17.JEL HOUQE

  18. 18.KABEL KAZI

  19. 19.NUR BHANU

  20. 20.SOFIA SULTANA

  21. 21.MOHAMMAD SOKER

  22. 22.MAIYORI KHATUN

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.HEMEN DAS AND 5 ORS. Advocate - MR. M NATH, ,MR. A BHATTACHARJEE,MR. A ROY

  2. 2.ANANTA LAL GAYARI

  3. 3.PURABI KONWAR

  4. 4.KHABIR UDDIN AHMED

  5. 5.SON PRISHNA GHAR PHALIA

  6. 6.ABDUR RAHMAN MANDAL

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 06-May-2026

    Honourable Mr. Justice Devashis BaruahView PDF

    Case Summary: Cont.Cas(C)/239/2020 The Gauhati High Court dismissed a contempt of court petition filed by 22 panchayat representatives against government officials. The petitioners sought to initiate contempt proceedings alleging willful violation of a 2019 court order directing verification of their service as panchayat members and payment of pending honorarium. The court found that Respondent No. 1 (the principal officer) had already been transferred in 2021 and retired on 31.01.2022, and had issued an order directing payment before his departure. The court held that without impleading the present office holders, the contempt proceedings could not reach logical conclusion, and accordingly dropped the case, noting the petitioners had delayed nearly three years in taking appropriate action. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 08-Jan-2025

    Honourable Mr. Justice Michael ZothankhumaView PDF

  4. 08-Jan-2025

    Orders

    Honourable Mr. Justice Michael Zothankhuma

  5. 16-Oct-2023

    Honourable Mr. Justice Kardak EteView PDF

  6. 23-Jun-2020

    Honourable Mr. Justice N. Kotiswar SinghView PDF

  7. 15-Jun-2020

    Case filed

    Registration No. Cont.Cas(C)/239/2020

casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: Cont.Cas(C)/239/2020 The Gauhati High Court dismissed a contempt of court petition filed by 22 panchayat representatives against government officials. The petitioners sought to initiate contempt proceedings alleging willful violation of a 2019 court order directing verification of their service as panchayat members and payment of pending honorarium. The court found that Respondent No. 1 (the principal officer) had already been transferred in 2021 and retired on 31.01.2022, and had issued an order directing payment before his departure. The court held that without impleading the present office holders, the contempt proceedings could not reach logical conclusion, and accordingly dropped the case, noting the petitioners had delayed nearly three years in taking appropriate action. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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