Swati Banerjee v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
In a contempt application filed for non-compliance of a direction, the court dropped the proceedings upon the petitioner's submission that the dispute was settled out of court and a compromise petition was filed, as continuing such proceedings would serve no useful purpose.
What did the court decide?
Contempt proceedings dropped; relevant I.A.s directed to form part of the petition and closed.