Jamia Millia Islamia Seeks Stay on Contempt Proceedings

Supreme Court of India

09-09-2026

Petition: Special Leave to Appeal (C) No.31177/2026, IA No.263574/2026, filed by Jamia Millia Islamia seeking exemption from filing copy/counter‑copy of the impugned judgment dated 04‑06‑2026 in LPA No.500/2025 of the Delhi High Court, against respondent M.G. Hussain.
Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Aravind Kumar and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Vipul M. Pancholi.
Counsel for petitioner: Mr. Vikramjeet Banerjee (ASG), Mr. Pritish Sabharwal (Adv.), Mr. Amrendra Kumar Mehta (AOR), Mr. Sanjeet Kumar (Adv.), Ms. Shweta Singh (Adv.), Ms. Mehvish Khan (Adv.), Mr. Adarsh Kumar Lohia (Adv.), Mr. Nishant Walia (Adv.), Ms. Vanshika Kapoor (Adv.). No counsel was listed for the respondent.
Court Master: Neha Gupta (with Ajeet Singh Tarial as assisting court master).

1. Issue notice.

2. Counter‑affidavit, if any, to be filed within six weeks from the date of the order.

3. Rejoinder‑affidavit, if any, to be filed within two weeks after the counter‑affidavit.

4. The matter to be listed for hearing after eight weeks.

5. Stay of contempt proceedings pending further orders.

The Supreme Court stayed the contempt proceedings initiated against the petitioner and set a procedural timetable for filing a counter‑affidavit and a rejoinder, with the case to be listed after eight weeks.

Topics: Legal Procedure, Higher Education