M/S. Emami Agrotech Ltd. v. Vandana Yadav
Case brief
What is this about?
Contempt applications CPAN 514 of 2023 and CPAN 1455 of 2023 by Emami Agrotech Ltd. against Vandana Yadav and another, arising out of MAT 62 of 2019, decided 07.03.2025 by a bench of Soumen Sen and Biswaroop Chowdhury, JJ. The Court held that the cancellation order dated 9th August, 2023 (communicated 16th August, 2023) was a clear attempt to circumvent, and could not have been passed in the teeth of, the order dated 8th December, 2022; per counsel, the cancellation had been stayed on 17th May, 2024 primarily because it was passed without determination of the fixed capital investment subsidy. Cancellation set aside on that limited ground; apology accepted; Rule not issued; applications disposed of. State counsel (Ld. G.P. and Ld. A.G.P.) appeared for the alleged contemnors and for the WBIDC. No statute or precedent cited in the extract.
What did the court decide?
Order of cancellation dated 9th August, 2023 set aside on the limited ground that it circumvented the order dated 8th December, 2022; apology of alleged contemnors accepted; Rule not issued; contempt applications (CPAN 514 of 2023 and CPAN 1455 of 2023) disposed of.