P.Balasubramani and 2 others v. Jitendra Gupta and 2 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Contempt petition closed without adjudication; subsequent/duplicate contempt proceedings on same cause of action held unnecessary; Section 11, Contempt of Courts Act, 1971; alleged wilful disobedience of common order dated 27.04.2023 in W.P.No.24548 of 2013 (batch of writ petitions); other contempt petitions on the said order already pending consideration; petitioners P. Balasubramani, V. Vinayakam, R. Venkatesen against postal respondents — Director General of Posts (Jitendra Gupta), Chief Postmaster General Tamil Nadu Circle (Mariamma Thomas), Superintendent RMS 'M' Division (T. Vasudevan); Madras High Court, CONT.P.No.2 of 2026, order by P. Velmurugan J. with K. Govindarajan Thilakavadi J., dated 24-04-2026.
What did the court decide?
Since some of the petitioners in the same batch of writ petitions had already initiated contempt proceedings (pending consideration) alleging violation and wilful disobedience of the common order dated 27.04.2023 in W.P.No.24548 of 2013, filing subsequent contempt petitions on the very same cause of action is unnecessary; the Court therefore declined to entertain the present Contempt Petition and closed it.