The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court addressed a contempt petition alleging willful disobedience of an earlier writ court order. The court accepted the submission that the order was complied with and closed the petition without further adjudication.
Contempt petition closed.
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Cont.P.(MD) No.1937 of 2023
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
DATED : 16.10.2023
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.M.SUBRAMANIAM and THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE L.VICTORIA GOWRI
Cont.P.(MD) No.1937 of 2023 in
W.P.(MD) No.4096 of 2023
1.S.Anis Fathima
2.M.Shajahan
... Petitioners
-vs-
T.Saravanan Authorized Officer Indian Bank Zonal Office No.100-101, East Avani Moola Street Madurai
... Respondent
PRAYER: Contempt Petition is filed under Section 11 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 praying to punish the respondent for the willful disobedience of the order passed by this Court in W.P.(MD) No.4096 of 2023, dated 28.02.2023.
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For Petitioners : Mr.E.Mohamed Abbas
O R D E R
[Order of the Court was made by S.M.SUBRAMANIAM, J.]
This contempt petition has been filed alleging willful disobedience of the order, dated 28.02.2023, made in W.P.(MD) No.4096 of 2023.
2. Today, when the matter was taken up for hearing, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners made a submission that the order of this Court dated 28.02.2023, made in W.P.(MD) No.4096 of 2023, has been complied with.
3. In view of the above submission, no further adjudication is required in respect of the grounds raised in this contempt petition. If there is no impediment, the petitioners are at liberty to approach the respondent – Bank for issuance of No Objection Certificate or otherwise.
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4. Accordingly, the contempt petition is closed.
[S.M.S., J.] [L.V.G., J.]
16.10.2023
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S.M.SUBRAMANIAM, J. and L.VICTORIA GOWRI, J.
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether to punish the respondent for willful disobedience of the writ court order when compliance has been alleged and accepted.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
1.S.Anis Fathima and 2.M.Shajahan
T.Saravanan Authorized Officer Indian Bank
S.M.SUBRAMANIAM
L.VICTORIA GOWRI
As recorded by the court registry
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