Admirecon Infrastructure Private Limited vs Sky Anchorage… — Contempt of Court | Bombay HC (2025)

Admirecon Infrastructure Private Limited vs Sky Anchorage… — Contempt of Court | Bombay HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Interim directions in the ongoing execution proceedings: (i) demand draft of Rs. 4,00,000/- to be deposited with the Prothonotary & Senior Master the same day; (ii) Respondent to revert on the Applicant's interest calculation within three weeks; (iii) response to the contempt show cause notice within four weeks, rejoinder two weeks thereafter, copies to the others; (iv) Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer of the Respondent-Society to continue to remain present in Court until further orders; (v) Respondent-Society to deposit monies with the Prothonotary & Senior Master whenever collections exceed Rs. 2,00,000/-, without waiting for the matter to be listed or called out; matter listed on 16th December, 2025.

Issue for consideration

Deposit of the outstanding amount payable by the Respondent-Society in execution, including interest (counsel for the Applicant states approximately Rs. 35,42,000/- is outstanding). +2 more

Court's answer

The demand draft of Rs. 4,00,000/- is to be deposited with the Prothonotary & Senior Master during the course of the day.

Ratio / Principle

The Respondent is to revert on the interest calculation furnished by the learned Counsel for the Applicant within a period of three weeks.

Key takeaways

The response to the show cause notice is to be filed within four weeks with copy to the others, and the rejoinder within two weeks thereafter with copy to the others.ratio¶24
The Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer of the Respondent-Society are to continue to remain present in the Court until further orders.ratio¶25
The Court accepted the Respondent's counsel's statement that as and when amounts collected by the Respondent-Society exceed Rs. 2,00,000/-, the Society would deposit them with the Prothonotary & Senior Master.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Bombay High Court (Ordinary Original Civil Jurisdiction), Abhay Ahuja, J., 14 October 2025 — Interim order in Execution Application No. 708 of 2019 (Admirecon Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. v. Sky Anchorage CHS Ltd.), heard with Suo Moto Show Cause Notice No. 1 of 2025 and Chamber Summons No. 831 of 2019. Demand draft of Rs. 4,00,000/- permitted to be deposited with the Prothonotary & Senior Master; Respondent-Society to revert on the Applicant's interest calculation (counsel states approx. Rs. 35,42,000/- including interest outstanding) within three weeks; response to the show cause notice under the Contempt of Courts Act within four weeks and rejoinder two weeks thereafter; Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer of the Society to continue to remain present in Court until further orders; Society to deposit monies with the Prothonotary & Senior Master whenever collections exceed Rs. 2,00,000/-, without awaiting listing or call-out; next hearing 16th December, 2025.

exa 708-19 @ Connected Matters.doc

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION

EXECUTION APPLICATION NO. 708 OF 2019

Admirecon Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. V/s.

Sky Anchorage CHS Ltd.

...Applicant

...Respondents

WITH SUO MOTO SHOW CAUSE NOTICE NO. 1 OF 2025 WITH CHAMBER SUMMONS NO. 831 OF 2019

Mr. Hasmit Trivedi i/b Praxis Legal for the Applicant. Mr. P. Ranjan with Mr. Santosh Salekar i/b Halai and Co. for the Respondent.

Mr. Shums Merchant- Chairman, Mr. Zeeshanali Vakil-Secretory and Mr. Zahir Gheewala-Treasurer of the Respondent-Society are present.

CORAM : ABHAY AHUJA, J. DATE : 14^th OCTOBER, 2025

P.C. :

When the matter is called out, Mr. Ranjan, learned Counsel appears for the Respondent-Society and at the outset submits that as directed by this Court, the Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer of the Respondent-Society are present in the Court. Mr. Ranjan further submits that today he has a demand draft of Rs. 4,00,000/- in the name of the Prothonotary & Senior Master and this Court may permit deposit of the same. Mr. Ranjan also submits that as on date the balance in the account of the Respondent-Society is only approximately Rs. 19,000/and as and when the monies are received, the payments would be

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deposited with the Prothonotary & Senior Master. Mr. Ranjan also seeks some time to file response to the show cause notice which has been received by the office bearers of the Respondent-Society under the Contempt of Courts Act.

Mr. Trivedi, learned Counsel appears for the Applicant and submits that on the last occasion this Court had observed that this Court will also consider depositing of interest and submits that as on date approximately Rs. 35,42,000/- which includes interest is outstanding. Mr. Trivedi has also furnished the said interest calculation to Mr. Ranjan. Mr. Trivedi submits that this Court may accordingly pass appropriate orders.

Having heard the learned Counsel and having considered the submissions, the following order is passed:-

ORDER

i) Let the demand draft of Rs. 4,00,000/- be deposited with the Prothonotary & Senior Master during the course of the day.

ii) Let the Respondent revert on the interest calculation furnished by the learned Counsel for the Applicant within a period of three weeks. iii) Let the response to the show cause notice be filed within a period

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of four weeks with copy to the others. Rejoinder in two weeks thereafter with copy to the others.

iv) Let the Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer of the RespondentSociety continue to remain present in the Court until further orders.

4. List on 16^th December, 2025.

Mr. Trivedi, learned Counsel appearing for the Applicant submits that in stead of waiting for monies to be collectected, let the Respondent-Society keep depositing the monies with the Prothonotary & Senior Master until the entire outstanding is deposited.

Mr. Ranjan, learned Counsel appearing for the RespondentSociety submits that as and when the amounts collected with Respondent-Society, exceed Rs.2,00,000/-, the Respondent–Society would deposit the said amounts with the Prothonotary & Senior Master. The statement is accepted.

Let the amounts be deposited as per the statement without waiting for the matter to be listed or called out.

Digitally signed by NIKITA NIKITA YOGESH YOGESH GADGIL GADGIL Date: 2025.10.14 13:10:30 +0530

(ABHAY AHUJA, J.)

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