CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. 2469 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 2469 of 2026 Javed Akhtar .....Applicant(s) Versus Sri. Satyendra Kumar, District Magistrate And 5 Others .....Opposite Party(s) Counsel for Applicant(s) : Aftab Alam, Manoj Kumar, Quazi Mohammad Akaram Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : Court No. - 9 HON'BLE ROHIT RANJAN AGARWAL, J. 1. Applicant before this Court was one of the party in Writ-C No. 41227 of 2025 which was disposed of on 1.12.2025 in following terms; "1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and Shri N.K. Panday, learned Standing Counsel for State respondents. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners apprises the Court that the controversy in hand is squarely covered by the judgement and order dated 20.05.2025 passed in Writ C No.12319 of 2025 (Shahnawaz Khan vs. State of U.P. and others). The said order was relied upon by the Division Bench while passing the order dated 21.05.2025 in Writ-C No.16448 of 2025 (Rahul Arora and others vs. State of U.P. and others). 3. For ready reference, the operative portion of order dated 20.05.2025 is quoted as under:- "5. The District Magistrate, Varanasi has filed his affidavit on behalf of the State-responde