Contempt Petition Filed Against Supreme Court Registrar K Juneja

REGISTRAR DISPOSING CONTEMPT  PETITIONS AGAINST JUDICIAL OFFICERS AS SCANDALOUS MATTER UNDER ORDER XV RULE 5 OF SUPREME COURT RULES 2003 .

 

Delhi: When ever any contempt petition is filed against judicial officers the registry place the matter before registrar of Hon'ble Supreme court. The registrar going through the facts & dispose the contempt petition against judicial officer giving opinion in free of cost to petitioner to go for appeal  under Order XV Rule 5 , Supreme court rules 2013. 

"5. The Registrar may refuse to receive a petition on the ground that it discloses no reasonable cause or is frivolous or contains scandalous matter but the petitioner may within fifteen days of the making of such order, appeal by way of motion, from such refusal to the Court."

Using this clause Registrar HK JUNEJA disposed many contempt petitions which was filed against well wishers. The petitioner have to challange this order via filing MA at Supreme court. Then the petition is placed before court. 

 Mr Juneja has disposed many petitions of petitioner using this rule inspite of SC order that registry cannot decide the maintainability of petition 

in SLP (CRL)No. 1832 of 2019 in case of P. Surendran vs State by Inspector of Police on March 29, 2019 .

Inspite of quoting the citation in petition Mr Juneja is exercising his power to dispose contempt petitions without giving oppertunity to be heard . He violates principle of natural justice. Aggreived petitioner Mr MH Patel of Mumbai filed civil contempt against SC Registrar Mr Juneja. 

Some people say that registry decline to accept contempt petition against judicial community when some one file petition in physical  form. This petition is filed by E filing and they have no choice to issue diary number. 

Your case MANUBHAI HARGOVANDAS PATEL Vs LEARNED REGISTRAR (J-V) SHRI H. K. JUNEJA is filed with Diary No. 6744-2022 on 02-03-2022 14:54:47 - SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

SYNOPIS AND LIST OF DATES

Facts Giving Rise to Contempt of this Hon’ble Court:

 By this Contempt Petition, Petitioner seek to punish LearnedRegistrar (J-V)- Shri H. K. Juneja of this Hon’ble Court who with full knowledge, intentionally and wilfully committed Contempt of this Hon’ble Court by violating Ratio Decidendi, law laid down and logic held in SLP (CRL)No. 1832 of 2019 in case of P. Surendran vs State by Inspector of Police on March 29, 2019 and also Order dated 02/12/2021 in M. A. No. 1813/2020 in case of Manubhai Hargovandas Patel vs A. P. Khanorkar. In SLP (CRL)No. 1832 of 2019.

This Hon’ble Court in SLP (CRL)No. 1832 of 2019 in case of P. Surendran vs State by Inspector of Police on March 29, 2019 Ruled as under:

Quote Para 10:

“Therefore, we hold that the High Court Registry could not have exercised such judicial power to answer the maintainability of the petition, when the same was in the realm of the Court. As the power of judicial function cannot be delegated to the Registry, we cannot sustain the order, rejecting the numbering/registration of the Petition, by the Madras High Court Registry. Accordingly, the Madras High Court Registry is directed to number the petition and place it before an appropriate bench.” and much detailed in Petition.

Further on 02/12/2021 this Hon’ble Court in M. A. No. 1813 in 

case of Manubhai Hargovandas Patel vs Learned A. P. Khanorkar 

Ruled: 

“…. we are of the view that the applicant/petitioner-in-person 

is right insofar as the contention against the order passed by 

the Registrar of this Court deciding to lodge the petition….”

 Learned Registrar (J-V)-Shri H. K. Juneja have full 

knowledge of:

i) SLP (CRL)No. 1832 of 2019: P. Surendran vs State by Inspector 

of Police as this case law was referred by Petitioner at Para 3.7 

of M. A. 1813/2020 and

ii) Order dated 02/12/2021 passed in M. A. No. 1813/2021 which 

was embodied in his own Order dated 28/01/2022 directing to 

lodge the Petition.

 The above facts make it very clear that Registrar (J-V)-Shri 

H. K. Juneja have full knowledge that Registry can’t exercise 

judicial power to answer the maintainability of the petition which 

is realm of the Court. Thus, it is beyond reasonable doubt proved 

that learned Registrar (J-V)-Shri H. K. Juneja with full knowledge, 

intentionally and wilfully committed Contempt of this Hon’ble 

Court by violating Ratio Decidendi, law laid down in judgement 

of SLP (CRL)No. 1832 of 2019 and Order dated 02/12/2021 in M.