This judgment relates to a contempt petition filed under Section 11 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. The court accepted the petitioner's apology and closed the petition on the undisputed finding that the order dated 22.02.2017 had been complied with.
Contempt petition closed recording that the impugned order has been complied with.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
Dated: 08.07.2019
CORAM
THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE M.SUNDAR
CONT.P.No.1983 of 2018
Smt.Krishnaveni ..Petitioner
Vs.
1.Mr.Ponnaiah
District Collector of Kancheepuram
District Collectorate Complex
Kancheepuram
2.Mr.Ravi
Special Tahsildar (LA)
MMRD Scheme
Inner Ring Road
Chromepet
Chennai - 44 .. Respondents
This Contempt petition is filed under Section 11 of
Contempt Court Act, 1971, to punish the respondents for
their willful disobedience of the order dated 22.02.2017
passed in W.P.No.9257 of 2012.
For Petitioner : Mr.V.Venkkatasamy
For Respondents : Mr.A.Kumar Additional Advocate General Asst. by Mr.Sri Sakthi Manikandan Government Advocate ORDER
It is submitted by learned Additional Advocate General Mr.A.Kumar that common order dated 22.02.2017 made in W.P.Nos.9254 to 9257, 10677, 10832, 11412 and 11413 of 2012 has since been complied (to be noted, counsel for contempt
https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ petitioner admits the factual position that order has since
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been complied) and expresses regret for not adhering to the time frame. This is articulated in Paragraph 5 of the affidavit dated 10.04.2019, which reads as follows:
administrative reasons and due to election duty,
we could not comply with the orders in time.
The non-compliance of the order of this Hon'ble
Court is neither wilful nor wanton. I tender my unconditional apology for the delay in complying the order and further I assure that the order will be complied within two weeks.' 2. Apology tendered is accepted and this Contempt
petition is closed recording the undisputed factual position that order has since been complied.
ASSISTANT REGISTRAR(COMM.CASES)
GPA
//Certified to be true copy//
Dated at Madras this the day of 2019.
COURT OFFICER(O.S.)
from 25th day of September 2008 the Registry is issuing Certified copies of the Orders/Judgments/Decrees in this format.
Mv/25/07/2019
1 issue framed by the court
Whether to punish respondents for willful disobedience of the order dated 22.02.2017 or accept their apology and close the petition given subsequent compliance.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Smt. Krishnaveni
Mr. Ponnaiah
Mr. Ravi
M. Sundar
As recorded by the court registry
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