Disposed¶18

B.Kuberan, v. P.Uma Maheswari

Madras HC22 Jun 2026CONT P(MD)/334/2021

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Contempt petition closed on reported compliance; Section 11 Contempt of Courts Act; willful disobedience of order in W.P.(MD) No.25179 of 2018 dated 28.01.2019; respondents: District Collector Pudukottai, Joint Director/Project Director DRDA Pudukottai, Special Officer/BDO (Village Panchayat) Kannandarkovil; no costs; Madurai Bench, Madras High Court; Hemant Chandangoudar, J.; decided 22.06.2026.

What did the court decide?

No punitive relief; contempt petition closed upon submission that the underlying order has been complied with, with no order as to costs. ¶18

B.Kuberan, Vs P.Uma Maheswari — Contempt of Court | Madras HC (2026)

¶1

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT

¶2

DATED: 22.06.2026

¶3

CORAM

¶4

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE HEMANT CHANDANGOUDAR

¶5

CONT.P(MD)No.334 of 2021

¶6

B.Kuberan ... Petitioner

¶7

vs.

¶8

1.P.Uma Maheswari, District Collector, Pudukottai, Pudukottai District.

¶9

2.K.Santhosh Kumar, Joint Director/Project Director, District Rural Development Agency, Pudukottai.

¶10

3.J.Kalaiselvi,

¶11

Special Officer/Block Development Officer (Village Panchayat), Kannandarkovil, Pudukottai District. ... Respondents

¶12

PRAYER: Contempt Petition filed under Section 11 of the Contempt of Courts Act, to punish the respondents herein for their willful disobedience of the order passed by this Court in W. P. (MD) No.25179 of 2018, dated 28.01.2019.

¶13

________________ Page 1 of 4_

¶14

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

¶15

For Petitioner :Mr.R.J.Karthik For Respondents :Mr.M.Mahaboob Athiff Government Advocate *****

¶16

O R D E R

¶17

When the matter was taken up for hearing today, the learned Government Advocate for the respondents submitted that the order of this Court, which is the subject matter of this contempt petition, has been complied with.

¶18

2.In the light of the submission made by the learned Government Advocate for the respondents, nothing survives for further adjudication in this contempt petition. Accordingly, the contempt petition stands closed. There shall be no order as to costs.

¶19

22.06.2026

¶20

cmr

¶21

________________ Page 2 of 4_

¶22

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

¶23

¶24

1.The District Collector, Pudukottai, Pudukottai District.

¶25