Vaishali Sharma v. Deepak Malik
Case brief
What is this about?
Punjab & Haryana High Court, Chandigarh; COCP No.340 of 2024 (O & M); decided 29.10.2025; Nidhi Gupta J. (oral). Contempt petition by Vaishali Sharma against Deepak Malik, Assistant Manager (Legal), National Insurance Company Ltd., for alleged breach of interim orders dated 16.9.2019 and 15.3.2023 in FAO-2057-2018 (National Insurance Co. Ltd. vs. Vaishali Sharma and others) requiring respondent No.10 to pay 50% of the awarded amount with the balance stayed; interim orders amended vide order dated 07.3.2024 in CM-4196-CII-2024; petition disposed of as infructuous, rule discharged. Keywords: contempt petition, infructuous, interim orders amendment, insurance award, stay of payment.
What did the court decide?
The present contempt petition stands disposed of as having been rendered infructuous, the interim orders it complained of having been amended by the co-ordinate Bench vide order dated 07.3.2024 passed in application CM-4196-CII-2024 in FAO-2057-2018.