Sakku Granites v. Sri. B.Sridhar
Case brief
What is this about?
Contempt case CLOSED on reported compliance and petitioner's non-pursuit. Sakku Granites v. Sri B Sridhar (Director of Mines and Geology) & others, Contempt Case No. 1327/2018, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati, order dated 10.03.2026, single judge bench (Justice Maheswara Rao Kuncheam). Petition under Sections 10 to 12, Contempt of Courts Act 1971, alleging wilful violation/deliberate disobedience of interim order dated 26.12.2017 in W.P.M.P.No.54150 of 2017 in W.P.No.43678 of 2017. Counsel V. Nitesh submitted interim order complied with and main writ petition disposed of on 09.11.2018; petitioner declined to pursue. Contempt case closed, no order as to costs, pending applications closed. Relevant for: closure of contempt proceedings on compliance/withdrawal; no punishment adjudicated; no precedent value on merits of contempt.
What did the court decide?
Recording the submissions that the interim order dated 26.12.2017 had been complied with, that the main writ petition was disposed of on 09.11.2018, and that the petitioner was not inclined to pursue the instant contempt case, the Court closed the contempt case.