Rev Bugge a Kumar v. M Venkateswara Rao
Case brief
What is this about?
In a contempt case, the court examined allegations that official respondents allowed an unofficial group to conduct a gospel meeting in violation of an interim order. The order only tasked official respondents with preventing law and order violations following refusal to permit loud speakers. Finding no proven law and order problem or willful disobedience of the operative court order, the case was
What did the court decide?
The contempt case was closed with no order as to costs.
What the court decided
HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE KONGARA VIJAYA LAKSHMI
Contempt Case No.170 of 2019
ORDER:
This contempt case is filed alleging violation of orders passed by this Court in IA No.1 of 2019 in WP No.302 of 2019 dated 25.01.2019.
WP No.302 of 2019 was filed “to declare any permission granted by respondents 1 to 4 to respondents 5 to 9 to conduct the 2019 Annual gospel Meeting from 27.01.2019 to 29.01.2019, as illegal and arbitrary and to stop the conduct of the 2019 Annual Gospel Meeting by respondents 5 to 9.” IA No.1 of 2019 was filed to grant interim suspension of any such permission to 2019 Annual Gospel Meeting. In the said I.A., this Court passed the following order:
“In view of the fact that the permission was already refused to the unofficial respondents for conduct of the 2019 Annual Gospel Meeting from 27.01.2019 to 29.01.2019 at Nachugunta village, Unguturu Mandal, no further orders are necessary for the present.
Learned counsel for the petitioners apprehends that in spite of the rejection of the permission, the unofficial respondents would conduct the 2019 annual gospel meeting from 27.01.2019 to 29.01.2019 at Nachugunta village, Unguturu Mandal, as was done in the previous year, which is subject matter of the contempt case.
In view of the same, the official respondents are directed to act in accordance with law to see that there should not be any law land order violation.”
Issues for consideration
3 issues framed by the court
Whether the conduct of the gospel meeting by unofficial respondents without police permission for loud speakers violated the court order directed at official respondents to prevent law and order viola
Whether there was willful disobedience of the interim order dated 25.01.2019 which did not prohibit the meeting itself but only directed official respondents to ensure law and order.
Whether the use of mikes or loud speakers at the meeting constituted a violation given the absence of a filed complaint regarding law and order.
Parties & counsel
- petitioner
Petitioners
- respondent
Respondents 1 to 3
- respondent
Respondents 4 to 8
Coram
Case details
As recorded by the court registry
- Court
- Andhra Pradesh HC
- Decided on
- · February
- Registered
- Case no.
- CC/170/2019
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