Disposed
B.Shivakumar v. M.Sivakumar
Madras HCCONT P(MD)/1556/2022
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
The petitioner filed a contempt petition for willful disobedience of an order directing the payment of gratuity. The respondent represented that the amount was settled and undertook to pay the balance within four months, citing financial constraints. The court closed the petition on these assurances.
What did the court decide?
Contempt petition closed; no punishment imposed; petitioner granted liberty to reopen if balance not settled within four months.