2026 INSC 209
CONTEMPT PETITIONS (CIVIL) NO.5/2026 AND 6/2026
REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
[EXTRAORDINARY AND INHERENT CONTEMPT JURISDICTION]
CONTEMPT PETITION (CIVIL) NO.5/2026 IN C.A. NO.7023/2025
ISRAR AHMAD KHAN …PETITIONER
VERSUS
AMARNATH PRASAD & ORS. …RESPONDENTS
AND
CONTEMPT PETITION (CIVIL) NO.6/2026 IN C.A. NO.7024/2025
MD. HANIF …PETITIONER
VERSUS
AMARNATH PRASAD & ORS. …RESPONDENTS
J U D G M E N T
AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH & R. MAHADEVAN, JJ.
PRELIMINARY:
After some arguments, at the outset, Mr. Shoeb Alam,
learned senior counsel, sought permission to be discharged from
the matter. Permission granted; the learned senior counsel is
discharged from representing the alleged contemnors.
1
CONTEMPT PETITIONS (CIVIL) NO.5/2026 AND 6/2026
2. Heard learned counsel for the parties and the alleged
contemnors, who are present-in-person before the Court, pursuant
to our Order dated 16.01.2026, which reads as under: ‘Issue notice. 2. List on 24.02.2026. 3. If by that date the order of which non-compliance has been alleged is not fully complied and affidavit of compliance filed, the alleged contemnors no. 1 to 4 shall remain physically present in Court.’
(emphasis supplied)
THE CONTEMPT:
3. Though an Affidavit-in-Reply ...