In a contempt petition filed under Section 11 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 regarding alleged non-compliance of a 2022 order, the petitioner failed to appear. The Court observed the petitioner lost interest and closed the proceedings without further orders.
Contempt petition is closed and no further orders are required.
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Cont.P.No.2484 of 2024
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 06.07.2026
CORAM :
THE HONOURABLE MR. SUSHRUT ARVIND DHARMADHIKARI, CHIEF JUSTICE AND
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.ARUL MURUGAN
Cont.P.No.2484 of 2024
K.Kasturi W/o.M.Krishnan (a) Kistappa Naidu 8/34, Thiruvalluvar Nagar 1st Street Kottur, Chennai-600 085.
Petitioner(s) Vs
S/o. Mr. Chellapa Naidu 22/14, Reddy Street, Sekkadu Chennai 600 071.
Contemnor(s)
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Prayer : Petition filed under Section 11 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 seeking to punish the Respondents for the wanton and willful disobedience of the order dated 24.03.2022 passed in W.P.No. 6837 of 2022.
For Petitioner(s): No Appearance For Contemnor(s): Mr. Mohammed Fayaz Ali Government Pleader for R1 Mr. RA.Gopinath Standing Counsel for R2
ORDER
(Order of the Court was made by the Hon'ble Chief Justice)
None appears for petitioner even in second round.
order dated 24.03.2022 passed in W.P.No.6837 of 2022, wherein, this Court had disposed of the writ petition based on the initiation of action by issuing “stop work notice” with the undertaking that further action will be duly taken by the authorities.
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contempt proceedings initiated in the year 2024. Therefore, no further orders are required in the contempt petition and accordingly,
the contempt petition is closed.
(SUSHRUT ARVIND DHARMADHIKARI,CJ) (G.ARUL MURUGAN,J) 06.07.2026
Index : Yes/No Neutral Citation : Yes/No
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THE HON'BLE CHIEF JUSTICE AND G.ARUL MURUGAN,J.
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2 issues framed by the court
Whether the contempt petition should be continued given the petitioner's lack of appearance?
Whether the respondent's non-compliance with a dated 24.03.2022 order warrants punishment?
1 provisions across 1 enactments
K.Kasturi
Satheesh Kumar Muthu
K. Tharpagaraj
Manikandan
Venugopal
SUSHRUT ARVIND DHARMADHIKARI
G.ARUL MURUGAN
As recorded by the court registry
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