Court on Its Own Motion v. Ram Niwas Aggarwal
Case brief
What is this about?
In criminal contempt proceedings, the High Court, while noting mere insistence on merits initially precluded apology, eventually accepted an unconditional apology tendered orally via affidavit from the senior citizen contemnor, resulting in the discharge of the rule and disposal of the petition.
What did the court decide?
Contempt petition and preponement application disposed of; recall of bail order granted and Fixed Deposits released.
What the court decided
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CROCP No.10/2018 (O&M) 1
IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
CROCP No.10/2018 (O&M) Date of decision:24.04.2019.
Court on its own motion
..............Petitioner
v.
Ram Niwas Aggarwal
..............Respondent
Coram: Hon'ble Mr.Justice Jaswant Singh Hon'ble Mr.Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi
Present:Contemner-Ram Niwas Aggarwal in person.
Jaswant Singh,J.
The instant criminal contempt proceedings were initiated on receipt of letter dated 12.2.2018 received from District and Sessions Judge, Hisar, whereby he had forwarded letter dated 6.2.2018 received from Sh.Jaibir Singh, District Judge, Additional Family Court,Hisar alongwith enclosures thereof. The contents of letter dated 6.2.2018 written by Sh.Jaibir Singh to the District Judge, Hisar, for ready reference, are reproduced below:-
Issues for consideration
2 issues framed by the court
Whether the contempt petition should be disposed of on receipt of an unconditional apology from the contemnor
Whether the mandatory bail order should remain in force given the contemnor's submission of unconditional apology
Parties & counsel
- petitioner
The High Court of Punjab & Haryana
- respondent
Ram Niwas Aggarwal
Coram
Jaswant Singh
Case details
As recorded by the court registry
- Court
- Punjab & Haryana HC
- Decided on
- · April
- Registered
- Case no.
- CROCP/10/2018
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