SUKHDEV SINGH vs GAURAV YADAV, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, PUNJAB

COCP-2149-2026 (O&M) -1- 108 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH COCP-2149-2026 (O&M) Date of Decision : 05.05.2026 Sukhdev Singh ..Petitioner Versus Gaurav Yadav ..Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUDEEPTI SHARMA Present: Mr. Ranjan Lakhanpal, Advocate, and Ms. Prerna Aggarwal, Advocate, for the petitioner. SUDEEPTI SHARMA, J. 1. The present contempt petition has been filed for deliberate and intentional disobedience of order dated 30.11.2023 passed by this Court in CRM-M-39684-2023, which is reproduced as under:- “Learned counsel for the petitioner wishes to withdraw the present petition with liberty to raise all pleas taken in the present writ petition before the concerned quarter in accordance with law. Dismissed as withdrawn with liberty as aforesaid.” 2. A perusal of the order referred to above shows that no specific direction was issued to the respondent. Therefore, no contempt is made out. No material has been produced by the petitioner to establish any willful, deliberate disobedience on the part of the respondent. Despite having due knowledge of the legal position, the petitioner chose to file present contempt proceedings and continued to pursue th