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R.Shahin Begum, Vs P.Balakrishnan — Madras HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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R.Shahin Begum, Vs P.BalakrishnanR.Shahin Begum, v. P.Balakrishnan

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R.Shahin Begum, v. P.Balakrishnan

Madras HC21 Nov 2025SUB APPL/1269/2025

Case brief

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What is this about?

Madras High Court, single-judge common order dated 21-11-2025 allowing Sub Applications 1269-1271 of 2025 arising out of Contempt Petition No. 3032 of 2025 (filed by P.Balakrishnan). Applicants are TANGEDCO functionaries: J.Radhakrishnan, I.A.S. (Chairman-cum-Managing Director), Devaraj (Secretary), and R.Shahin Begum (Superintending Engineer/Civil, Mettur Thermal Power Project Stage III); all represented by M/s. David Sundar Singh. Sole ground recorded: orders of a Division Bench of the same Court in W.A.No.3473 of 2023. Relief granted: dispensation of the respondent contemnor's personal appearance until further orders. Relevant for practitioners dealing with appearance-dispensation applications in pending contempt proceedings before the Madras High Court involving TANGEDCO officials.

What did the court decide?

All three Sub Applications ordered; appearance of the respondent contemnor dispensed with until further orders.

Why is it important?

All three Sub Applications are ordered (allowed) in the light of the orders passed by a learned Division Bench of this Court in W.A.No.3473 of 2023. ¶34

What the court decided

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Outcome

All three Sub Applications ordered; appearance of the respondent contemnor dispensed with until further orders.

Issue for consideration

Whether the three Sub Applications (Nos. 1269 to 1271 of 2025 in Cont.P.No.3032 of 2025) filed by the applicants deserve to be ordered/allowed. +1 more

Court's answer

All three Sub Applications are ordered (allowed) in the light of the orders passed by a learned Division Bench of this Court in W.A.No.3473 of 2023.

Ratio / Principle

The appearance of the respondent contemnor is dispensed with until further orders.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Common order, High Court of Judicature at Madras (Mummineni Sudheer Kumar, J.), dated 21-11-2025, in Sub Appl. Nos. 1269 to 1271 of 2025 in Cont.P.No.3032 of 2025. The applicants are TANGEDCO officials — J.Radhakrishnan, I.A.S. (Chairman-cum-Managing Director, TANGEDCO), Devaraj (Secretary, TANGEDCO) and R.Shahin Begum (Superintending Engineer/Civil, re-designated as Purchase and Administration, Mettur Thermal Power Project Stage III) — arrayed against respondent P.Balakrishnan in the contempt petition. Acting in the light of the orders passed by a learned Division Bench of the same Court in W.A.No.3473 of 2023, the Court ordered all three applications and dispensed with the appearance of the respondent contemnor until further orders. No reasons beyond the Division Bench orders are recorded; no statutory provisions are invoked and no costs or amounts are mentioned.

A

CONT P NO. 3032 of 2025

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 21-11-2025

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE MUMMINENI SUDHEER KUMAR

SUB APPL NOS. 1269 TO 1271 OF 2025 IN CONTP NO 3032 of 2025

SUB APPL NO. 1269 of 2025

P.Balakrishnan S/o.Late Perumal, No.278, 5th Cross, 5th Main, Arekere MICO Layout, Bangalore560 076.

Petitioner(s)

Vs

J.Radhakrishnan, I.A.S., and 2 other THE CHAIRMAN-cum- MANAGING DIRECTOR, Tamil Nadu Generation And Distribution of Corporation Ltd (TANGEDCO), No.144, Anna Salai, Chennai-2. and 2 Others

Contemnor(s)

SUB APPL NO. 1270 of 2025

J.Radhakrishnan, I.A.S., The Chairman-Cum- Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution of Corporation Ltd., (TANGEDCO), No.144, Anna Salai, Chennai-2.

Applicant(s)

Vs

P.Balakrishnan

S/o.Late Perumal,

No.278, 5th Cross, 5th Main, Arekere MICO Layout, Bangalore-560 076.

Respondent(s)

SUB APPL NO. 1271 of 2025

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Devaraj The Secretary, Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution of Corporation (TANGEDCO), No. 144, Anna Salai, Chennai-2.

Applicant(s) Vs

P.Balakrishnan, S/o.Late Perumal, No.278, 5th Cross, 5th Main, Arekere MICO Layout, Bangalore-560 076. Respondent(s) SUB APPL NO. 1269 of 2025 R.Shahin Begum, The Superintending Engineer /Civil, Re-designated as Purchase and Administration, Mettur Thermal Power Project / Stage III (1 X 600 MW), Mettur Dam-1. Applicant(s) Vs P.Balakrishnan S/o.Late Perumal, No.278, 5th Cross, 5th Main, Arekere MICO Layout, Bangalore-560 076. Respondent(s) SUB APPL NO. 1270 of 2025 For Applicant(s): M/s. DAVID SUNDAR SINGH For Respondent(s):

Respondent(s)

Respondent(s)

SUB APPL NO. 1271 of 2025

For Applicant(s): M/s. DAVID SUNDAR SINGH

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For Respondent(s):

SUB APPL NO. 1269 of 2025

For Applicant(s): M/s. DAVID SUNDAR SINGH For Respondent(s):

COMMON ORDER

In the light of the orders passed by a learned Division Bench of this Court in W.A.No.3473 of 2023, all the three applications are ordered and the appearance of

the respondent contemnor is dispensed with until further orders.

21-11-2025

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SUB APPL NO. 1270 of 2025

P.Balakrishnan S/o.Late Perumal, No.278, 5th Cross, 5th Main, Arekere MICO Layout, Bangalore-560 076.

SUB APPL NO. 1271 of 2025

P.Balakrishnan, S/o.Late Perumal, No.278, 5th Cross,

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5th Main, Arekere MICO Layout, Bangalore-560 076.

SUB APPL NO. 1269 of 2025

P.Balakrishnan S/o.Late Perumal, No.278, 5th Cross, 5th Main, Arekere MICO Layout, Bangalore-560 076.

https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis

Issues for consideration

2 issues framed by the court

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1.
Whether the three Sub Applications (Nos. 1269 to 1271 of 2025 in Cont.P.No.3032 of 2025) filed by the applicants deserve to be ordered/allowed.medium confidence¶34
The court held
All three Sub Applications are ordered (allowed) in the light of the orders passed by a learned Division Bench of this Court in W.A.No.3473 of 2023.ratio¶34
2.
Whether the appearance of the respondent contemnor in the contempt petition can be dispensed with until further orders.medium confidence¶35
The court held
The appearance of the respondent contemnor is dispensed with until further orders.ratio¶35

Cases cited

Colour shows how this judgement treated each authority

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W.A.No.3473 of 2023Relied on¶34

Procedural history

How this case reached the court

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Prior proceeding
The three Sub Applications arise out of Contempt Petition No. 3032 of 2025 pending before this Court.¶5
Prior proceeding
A learned Division Bench of this Court had earlier passed orders in W.A.No.3473 of 2023, in the light of which the present applications were disposed of.¶34

Parties & counsel

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applicant
J.Radhakrishnan, I.A.S., The Chairman-Cum-Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution of Corporation Ltd., (TANGEDCO)¶13
M/s. DAVID SUNDAR SINGH
applicant
Devaraj, The Secretary, Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution of Corporation (TANGEDCO)¶22
M/s. DAVID SUNDAR SINGH
applicant
R.Shahin Begum, The Superintending Engineer / Civil, Re-designated as Purchase and Administration, Mettur Thermal Power Project / Stage III (1 X 600 MW), Mettur Dam-1¶24
M/s. DAVID SUNDAR SINGH
respondent
P.Balakrishnan S/o.Late Perumal, No.278, 5th Cross, 5th Main, Arekere MICO Layout, Bangalore-560 076¶24

Coram

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THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE MUMMINENI SUDHEER KUMARauthor¶4

Case details

As recorded by the court registry

Court: Madras HC
Decided on: 21 Nov 2025 · November
Registered: 20 Nov 2025
Case no.: SUB APPL/1269/2025
CNR: HCMA012863152025
Bench: Mummineni Sudheer Kumar
Disposal: ORDERED
Case type: SUB APPL

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Cite this judgement

R.Shahin Begum, v. P.Balakrishnan, SUB APPL/1269/2025 (MAD), decided on 21 November 2025.

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Cases cited1

W.A.No.3473 of 2023Relied on¶34

Open Authorities

Procedural history2

The three Sub Applications arise out of Contempt Petition No. 3032 of 2025 pending before this Court.
A learned Division Bench of this Court had earlier passed orders in W.A.No.3473 of 2023, in the light of which the present applications were disposed of.

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Bench / Coram

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE MUMMINENI SUDHEER KUMAR

Parties & counsel