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Venkatesan v. D.Nalini

Contempt of Courts – Compliance already effected

Madras HC20 Nov 2025CONT P(MD)/1320/2025

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Madras High Court (Madurai Bench); Justice K. Murali Shankar; contempt petition closed; Section 11 Contempt of Courts Act; willful disobedience; order dated 20.09.2024 in Crl.O.P(MD)No.15778 of 2024; compliance; summon issued and statement recorded 06.11.2024; enquiry closed 06.11.2024; closure report served on petitioner; Inspector of Police, Ganesh Nagar Police Station, Pudukottai District; petitioner at liberty to take appropriate proceedings.

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Contempt petition closed as the direction in Crl.O.P(MD)No.15778 of 2024 stands complied with; no punitive action against the contemnor; petitioner at liberty to take appropriate proceedings in the manner known to law. ¶20

Venkatesan Vs D.Nalini — Contempt of Court | Madras HC (2025)

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Cont.P.(MD)No.1320 of 2025

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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT

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DATED : 20.11.2025

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CORAM:

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THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.MURALI SHANKAR

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CONT.P(MD)No.1320 of 2025 in Crl.O.P(MD)No.15778 of 2024

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Venkatesan : Petitioner/Petitioner

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Vs.

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D.Nalini, Inspector of Police, Ganesh Nagar Police Station, Pudukottai District. : Contemnor

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PRAYER: Contempt Petition is filed under Section 11 of Contempt of Courts Act, to punish the contemnor/respondent for her willful and deliberate disobedience of the order of this Court passed in Crl.O.P(MD)No.15778 of 2024, dated 20.09.2024.

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For Petitioner : Mr.C.Sasikumar, for Mr.R.Maheswaran. For Respondent : Mr.A.Balaji

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ORDER

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This Contempt Petition has been filed seeking orders to punish the

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contemnor/respondent for her willful and deliberate disobedience of the order of this Court passed in Crl.O.P(MD)No.15778 of 2024, dated 20.09.2024.

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When the matter is taken up for hearing today (i.e., 20.11.2025), the respondent/contemnor is present and filed an affidavit along with typed set of papers, wherein it is evident that summon was issued to the petitioner and he gave a statement on 06.11.2024 and on the basis of enquiry, the respondent closed the enquiry on 06.11.2024.

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3.Even according to the learned counsel for the petitioner, copy of the closure report was served on the petitioner, but the same was not mentioned in the contempt petition or in the subsequent hearings.

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4.Whatever it is, since the direction of this Court has already been complied, there is nothing to proceed with the contempt petition. Accordingly, the contempt petition is closed. The petitioner is at liberty to take appropriate proceedings in the manner known to law.

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