MALARIA RESEARCH CENTRE EMPLOYEES WELFARE ASSOCIATION & ANR vs K N DESIRAJU, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE & ORS

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on : 04 October 2024 Clarifications heard on : 26 November 2024 Judgment pronounced on: 15 January 2025 + CONT.CAS(C) 696/2013 & CM APPL. 9467/2023 MALARIA RESEARCH CENTRE EMPLOYEES WELFARE ASSOCIATION & ANR .....Petitioners Through: Dr. Amit George, Mr. Adhishwar Suri, Mr. Dushyant Kishan Kaul, Mr. Arkaneil Bhaumik, Ms. Rupam Jha, Ms. Suprana Jain, Ms. Ibansara and Mr. Rishabh Dheer, Advs. versus K.N. DESIRAJU, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Ruchir Mishra, Mr. Sanjiv Kumar Saxena, Mr. Mukesh Kumar Tiwari, Ms. Poonam Shukla and Ms. Reba Jena Mishra, Advs. for R-1. Mr. Ravi Sikri, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Jasbir Bidhuri and Mr. Shashwat Sharma, Advs. for R-3. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DHARMESH SHARMA JUDGEMENT 1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioners seeking initiation of the contempt proceedings under Sections 2 (B), 11 and 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 against the respondents/ contemnors for the alleged wilful disobedience of the directions Signature Not Verified CONT CAS (C) 696/2013 Digitally Signed By:PRAMOD Page 1 of 11 KUMAR VATS Signing Date:16.01.2025 18:29:57 passed by this Court vide order dated 20.03.2013 in W.P.(C) No. 1554/2003 whereby this court directed that the directions given by the High Court of Judicature at Madras in the matter of UOI & Ors v. G.R. Srinivasan1 will be equally applicable to the members of the applicant association. BRIEF FACTS 2. The brief facts leading to filing of the present petitions are that the Indian Council of Medical Research [“ICMR”] is an autonomous body under the Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. There was an on-going project o