SPECIAL APPEAL No. 430 of 2025 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW SPECIAL APPEAL No. - 430 of 2025 Abhaya Shanker Gaur .....Appellant(s) Versus M/S Priya Kumar, Director General Doordarshan News New Delhi And Another .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : A.Z. Siddiqui, Prateek Tewari, Syed Ahmad Abbas Zaidi Counsel for Respondent(s) : Varun Pandey Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE INDRAJEET SHUKLA, J. 1. Heard Shri A.Z. Siddiqui, learned counsel for the appellant and Shri S.B. Pandey, learned Senior Advocate and Deputy Solicitor General of India assisted by Shri Raj Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the Union of India. 2. This is a special appeal challenging the judgment and order dated 10.11.2025 passed by the Contempt Court in Contempt Application (Civil) No. 462 of 2025. 3. The contention of the learned counsel for the appellant in nutshell is that the Contempt Court has decided the merits of the matter/issue which is pending consideration before the Central Administrative Tribunal in Original Application No. 505 of 2024 which was filed by the appellant in pursuance to the judgment dated 14.05.2019 passed in Writ Petition No. 24372 (S/S) of 2018. The contention is that in view of t