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What is this about?
In a suo-motu contempt petition, the Madras High Court accepted the unqualified and unconditional apology of an advocate contemnor who insulted a magistrate, quashing the petition and issuing a warning without costs.
What did the court decide?
Contempt petition closed; apology accepted with a warning to not repeat the incident; no costs.
What the court decided
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 07.07.2015
CORAM:
THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH K. AGNIHOTRI and
THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M. VENUGOPAL
Suo-motu Contempt Petition No.954 of 2015
V.K.Arivazhagan .. Contemnor The suo-motu contempt proceeding initiated against the contemnor as per office Note No.ROC No.1826/2015(OS) dated 24.04.2015.
For Contemnor : Mr.Vijayanarayan, SC
for Mr.K.Chandramohan
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ORDER
(Order of the Court was made by SATISH K. AGNIHOTRI, J .)
On the basis of the communication dated 4th March, 2015 addressed to the Registrar General of this Court, the instant contempt petition was registered.
2 The facts as narrated in the said communication reveals that on 27th February, 2015, the alleged contemnor barged into the court room of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Namakkal, shouted at him and used indecent,
Issues for consideration
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the unqualified and unconditional apology of the contemnor justifies acceptance of the apology and closure of the contempt proceedings.
Parties & counsel
- appellant
V.K.Arivazhagan
Coram
SATISH K. AGNIHOTRI
M. VENUGOPAL
Case details
As recorded by the court registry
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