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Dr.a.Karuppasamy (Retired) v. M.Muthu Selvi

Madras HC12 Dec 2025SUB A(MD)/537/2025

Case brief

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What is this about?

Dispensation of personal appearance of contemnor on medical grounds; sub application under Section 151 CPC in contempt petition Cont.P(MD) No.2949 of 2025; suo motu impleadment of successor Director of Elementary Education (Thiru.P.A.Naresh) in place of retired Dr.A.Karuppasamy; hospitalisation at Apollo Hospital on 10.12.2025; statutory notice dated 13.11.2025; matter listed on 06.01.2026; Madurai Bench of Madras High Court; K. Murali Shankar, J.; order dated 12.12.2025.

What did the court decide?

Sub application allowed: personal appearance of the petitioner/2nd contemnor dispensed with for the present on medical grounds; present Director Thiru.P.A.Naresh impleaded as second respondent suo motu in place of Dr.A.Karuppasamy; Registry directed to carry out the necessary amendment in the papers and list the matter on 06.01.2026. ¶29

Dr.a.Karuppasamy (Retired) Vs M.Muthu Selvi — Madras HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the personal appearance of the petitioner/2nd contemnor before the Court on 11.12.2025, pursuant to the statutory notice issued on 13.11.2025 in Cont.P(MD) No.2949 of 2025, should be dispensed with on medical grounds.

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Court's answer

Considering the medical ground (hospitalisation of the present Director in Apollo Hospital on the night of 10.12.2025), the sub application is ordered.

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Ratio / Principle

The personal appearance of the petitioner (Director of Elementary Education, 2nd contemnor) is dispensed with for the present.

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Key takeaways

The present Director, Thiru.P.A.Naresh, is impleaded as second respondent suo motu in the place of Dr.A.Karuppasamy, who had retired from service on 31.10.2022.ratio¶27

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Madurai Bench of Madras High Court (K. Murali Shankar, J.), 12.12.2025, in Sub.Aplc(MD)No.537 of 2025 in Cont.P(MD) No.2949 of 2025: A sub application under Section 151 CPC was filed by the Director of Elementary Education, arrayed as petitioner/2nd contemnor in a contempt proceeding, seeking dispensation of his personal appearance on 11.12.2025 pursuant to a statutory notice dated 13.11.2025. Counsel reported that the originally shown contemnor, Dr.A.Karuppasamy, had retired on 31.10.2022, and that the present Director, Thiru.P.A.Naresh, was admitted to Apollo Hospital on the night of 10.12.2025, with medical records produced. The Court allowed the petition on medical grounds, dispensed with the petitioner's personal appearance for the present, impleaded Thiru.P.A.Naresh suo motu as second respondent in place of Dr.A.Karuppasamy, and directed the Registry to carry out the necessary amendments and list the matter on 06.01.2026.

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Sub.Aplc(MD)No.537 of 2025

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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT

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DATED : 12.12.2025

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CORAM

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THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.MURALI SHANKAR

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Sub.Aplc(MD)No.537 of 2025 in

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Cont.P(MD) No.2949 of 2025

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Dr.A.Karuppasamy (Retired) Director of Elementary Education, Directorate of Elementary Education, DPI Complex College Road, Cheenai – 600 006.

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Now Presently, P.A.Naresh, Director of Elementary Education, Chennai. : Petitioner/2^nd Contemnor

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Vs.

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1.M.Muthu Selvi, Headmistress, Panchayat Union Primary School, Karumkampatty, Vedasandur Union, Dindigul District.

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: 1^st Respondent/Petitioner

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2.B.Arunkumar,

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S/o.Balachandran, P.Chettipatti, Sedapatti (via) Periyur Taluk, Madurai District.

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: 2^nd Respondent/1^st Contemnor

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Prayer : This sub Application is filed under Section 151 of CPC, to dispensed with the personal appearance of the petitioner/2^nd contemnor herein before this Court on 11.12.2025 pursuant to the statutory notice issued by this Court on 13.11.2025.

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For Petitioner : Mr.T.Amjadkhan, Government Advocate (Civil Side)

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For Respondents : Mr.H.Mohammed Imran, for M/s.Ajmal Associates, for R1.

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ORDER

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When the matter is taken up for hearing today, the learned counsel appearing for the second respondent/contemnor would submit that Dr.A.Karuppasamy, shown as second respondent, retired from service on 31.10.2022 and Thiru.P.A.Naresh, is the present Director. He would further submit that the present Director was admitted in Apollo Hospital on night of 10.12.2025 and on medical ground claimed that his personal appearance may be dispensed with. The petitioner has produced the medical records to show that he was admitted in the Apollo Hospital, along with his application.

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2.The present Director, Thiru.P.A.Naresh, is impleaded as second

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respondent suo motu in the place of Dr.A.Karuppasamy.

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