GEETA KUMARI & ORS vs PRAMOD KUMAR

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$~15 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 27th March, 2025 + CONT.APP.(C) 13/2018 GEETA KUMARI & ORS .....Appellants Through: Mr. Abhik Chimni, Ms. Pranjal Abrol, Mr. Gurupal Singh, Ms. Shreya Bajpai and Mr. Rishabh Gupta, Advocates. versus PRAMOD KUMAR .....Respondent Through: Ms. Monika Arora, Mr. Subhradeep Saha and Mr. Prabhat Kumar, Advocates (Mob. 9810246300). CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE RAJNEESH KUMAR GUPTA Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral) 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. 2. The present appeal has been filed by the Appellants- Geeta Kumari, Simone Zoya Khan, Duggirala Srikrishna and Shubhanshu Singh, under Section 19 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 assailing the judgment dated 3rd July 2018 passed the ld. Single Judge of this Court in Cont. (C) No.110/2018 titled ‘Jawaharlal Nehru University v. Geeta Kumari, President JNUSU & Ors’. 3. Vide the said judgment dated 3rd July 2018, the ld. Single Judge has convicted the Appellants, who were students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (hereinafter, ‘University’), under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 and imposed a fine. The operative portion of the order reads Signature Not Verified Signed By:NAMITA CONT.APP.(C) 13/2018 Page 1 of 11 DHYANI Signing Date:01.04.2025 18:53:50 as under: “34. Accordingly, taking into consideration that the respondents are students who are pursuing higher studies, and are on the threshold of their careers, the interest of justice would be served if a fine of Rs. 2,000/- is imposed on each of the respondents. It is ordered accordingly. The fine shall be deposited before the Registrar General of this Court within two weeks from today. Contempt petition is disposed of” 4. An unfortunate situation had arisen in 2017, in the Univer