Contempt of court – Contempt petitions – Contempt petitions by the appellant-petitioner alleging, that respondent no. 1 willfully failed to refund an amount of Rs. 3,99,100/- , being the cost of the non-judicial stamp papers purchased by the petitioner, as directed by this Court in Dharmendra Sharma v. Agra Development Authority (2025) 1 SCC 422:
Held: Respondent no. 2-State, conceded that the rejection of the petitioner’s application for refund was founded on r.218 of the U.P. Stamp Rules, 1942 (as amended), which proscribes refund of physical non-judicial stamp papers after the expiry of a period of eight years, was taken on a bona fide interpretation of the said provision, and tendered an unconditional apology, and stated that respondent no. 2 remains duty-bound to implement the directions issued by this Court in the interest of justice – Thus, issuance of direction simpliciter to respondent no. 2 to refund a sum of Rs. 3,99,100/- to the petitioner, upon return of the non-judicial stamp papers received by him from respondent no. 1, within the stipulated period – U.P. Stamp Rules, 1942. [Paras 7, 8]
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