Supreme Court Issued Non-Bailable Warrant In Contempt Case Against Litigant For Not Depositing Rs 1 Lakh Cost

The Supreme Court in the case In Re: Contempt Against Upendra Nath Dalai observed and has issued the non-bailable warrant against one Upendra Nath Dalai for his repetitive failure to appear before the court in the suo-moto contempt proceedings initiated against him.

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In the present case, the contempt proceeding was initiated by the Supreme Court last year when Dalai failed to deposit the cost of Rs 1 lakh Rupees that was imposed on him for filing a public interest litigation, PIL petition to declare Satsang founder ‘Sree Sree Thakur Anukulchandra’ a ‘parmatma’.

The bench comprising of Justice CT Ravikumar and Justice Rajesh Bindal in the case noted that Dalai was absent, despite the bailable warrant Dalai was absent, despite the bailable warrant.