SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. 77 of 2026 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW SPECIAL APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. - 77 of 2026 Rajaram .....Appellant(s) Versus Dr. Sachin Kumar Verma, Previously Posted As S.D.O. Sarojini Nagar Lucknowand Another .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Raghaw Ram Upadhyay, Rama Niwas Pathak Counsel for Respondent(s) : Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE ABDHESH KUMAR CHAUDHARY, J. (C.M. Application No.1 of 2026) 1. This is an application seeking condonation of delay in filing the appeal. 2. Heard. 3. We have gone through the affidavit in support of the application seeking condonation of delay. Cause shown therein is sufficient and the same is also not inordinate. Accordingly, the application is allowed. Delay is condoned. (Order on memo of the appeal) 4. Heard. 5. This is an appeal under Chapter VIII Rule 5 of the Allahabad High Court Rules, 1952. Ordinarily a special appeal against an order or judgment passed by the contempt judge is not maintainable except where it is without jurisdiction or the contempt judge has entered into merits of the issues which have not been decided by the writ court. The contention in this case is that while dismissing the contempt petition, lea