Contempt application alleging non-release of a vehicle despite a direction in WP(C) 3486/2016. Registration records showed the vehicle had been transferred to a third party before the alleged violation. The court found no willful violation and dropped the contempt proceedings, leaving the validity of the transfer open.
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GAHC010029462018
THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)
Case No. : Cont.Cas(C)/68/2018
HARJYOTI CHOUDHURY
R/O VILL AND PO-KULHATI UNDER PS HAJO IN THE DISTRICT OF KAMRUP, ASSAM-781104
VERSUS
NAREN CH. DAS
THE OFFICER-IN-CHARGE, BHANGAGARH POLICE STATION, SITUATED NEAR GMCH CAMPUS, BHANGAGARH, GUWAHATI-05, ASSAM
Advocate for the Petitioner : MR G CHOUDHURY
Advocate for the Respondent : MR. R K D CHOUDHURY
BEFORE
HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DEVASHIS BARUAH
ORDER
Date : 12.02.2024
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possession of the vehicle, the borrower must resume payment of the current EMI to the bank. It has been alleged that the in spite of the petitioner thereupon approaching the respondent in the contempt application, the said vehicle was not released.
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JUDGE
Comparing Assistant
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the respondent willfully and deliberately violated the order dated 13.11.2017 in WP(C) 3486/2016 directing release of the vehicle to the petitioner.
Harjyoti Choudhury
Naren Ch. Das
The Officer-in-Charge, Bhangagarh Police Station
Devashis Baruah
As recorded by the court registry
Proceedings for wilful disobedience of a court order under the Contempt of Courts Act 1971.
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