Case brief
What is this about?
Contempt Case No. 2260/2015, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati (Special Original Jurisdiction), Justice Maheswara Rao Kuncheam, decided 10.03.2026. CH.Rama Rao v. P V Nageshwar Rao (Manager, Hindustan Shipyard Worker's Personnel Thrift and Credit Society Ltd., Visakhapatnam). Petition under Sections 10 to 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 to punish the respondent for willful disobedience of the interim order dated 01-10-2015 in W.P.No.32123 of 2015. Counsel for petitioner (M Srikanth) submitted that subsequent events rendered the cause non-surviving; counsel for contemnor: P Rajasekhar. Court recorded the submission and closed the Contempt Case with no order as to costs; pending interlocutory applications closed. No merits adjudication; no case law cited; no costs or monetary directions.
What did the court decide?
Recording the submission of learned counsel for the petitioner that in view of subsequent events the cause in the Contempt Case does not survive for further adjudication, the Contempt Case is closed, with no order as to costs.