High Court closed this pending contempt petition as infructuous after noting a decades-long delay, stating the case survives no cause for consideration barring restoration.
Contempt case closed as infructuous.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE MOHAMMED NIAS C.P.
THURSDAY, THE 18TH DAY OF JULY 2024 / 27TH ASHADHA, 1946
CON.CASE(C) NO. 58 OF 2009
AGAINST THE ORDER/JUDGMENT DATED 19.09.2008 IN WPC NO.23439 OF
2008 OF HIGH COURT OF KERALA
PETITIONER:
U.C.PATHUMMA,W/O.BEERANKUTTY, AGED 52 YEARS, CHALIL HOUSE, P.O.PADINHARETHARA, VYTHIRI TALUK,, WAYANAD DISTRICT.
BY ADV SRI.GRASHIOUS KURIAKOSE
RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT NO.1:
MR.SATHYANATH, (AGE AND FATHER'S NAME KNOWN TO THE PETITIONER), THE DIVISIONAL OFFICER,, NORTH WAYANAD FOREST DIVISION,MANANTHAVADY,, WAYANAD DISTRICT.
BY SMT.DEVI SHRI.R., GOVERNMENT PLEADER
THIS CONTEMPT OF COURT CASE (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 18.07.2024, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
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COC 58 of 2009
MOHAMMED NIAS C.P., J.
Contempt of Court Case (Civil) No.58 of 2009
Dated this the 18th day of July, 2024
JUDGMENT
This Contempt of Court Case has been pending before this Court for so many years without even being listed before the Bench concerned since 2009. Under such circumstances, I feel justified in presuming that nothing survives for consideration in this case. Accordingly, this case is closed as infructuous. If the cause of action as alleged in the petition still survives, it shall be open to the parties concerned to file an application seeking restoration.
Subject to the above, this contempt case is closed as infructous.
Sd/-
MOHAMMED NIAS C.P.
JUDGE
dlk/25.7.2024
U.C. PATHUMMA
MR. SATHYANATH
MOHAMMED NIAS C.P.
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