P.Ravichandran v. R.Ponmudi
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court, Madurai Bench (B. Pugalendhi, J.), order dated 19.09.2025 in Cont.P.(MD)No.1893 of 2024 in W.P.(MD)No.7195 of 2024. Contempt petition (S.11, Contempt of Courts Act 1971) by P. Ravichandran against R. Ponmudi, Managing Director, Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Kumbakonam Limited, alleging violation of the writ order dated 02.04.2024. During hearing, parties submitted that the Division Bench, by common judgment dated 20.08.2025 in W.A.(MD)Nos.442 of 2025 (batch), allowed the Management's writ appeals and set aside the Single Judge's order; the contempt petition was accordingly closed. Useful for the proposition that contempt proceedings premised on a writ order fall with that order on appellate reversal; no adjudication of contempt on merits; no quantum involved.
What did the court decide?
In view of the Division Bench's common judgment dated 20.08.2025 in W.A.(MD)Nos.442 of 2025 (batch) allowing the Management's writ appeals and setting aside the Single Judge's order dated 02.04.2024 in W.P.(MD)No.7195 of 2024, the Court recorded the submissions of counsel on either side and closed the contempt petition without adjudicating the alleged contempt.