Two judges heard a Letters Patent Appeal filed against an order in a contempt case. The appellant argued the appeal was maintainable due to a violation of an interim order. The court held that maintaining such an appeal is inappropriate in contempt proceedings. The appeal was dismissed.
Letters Patent Appeal dismissed.
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THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C. BHANU AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE M.SEETHARAMA MURTI
LETTERS PATENT APPEAL No.5 OF 2014
JUDGMENT:(per Hon’ble Sri Justice K.C. Bhanu)
This Letters Patent Appeal is filed aggrieved by the Order, dated 28.03.2014 in Contempt Case No.1694 of 2013 in Writ Petition No.14100 of 2013 passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court.
Heard both sides.
Learned counsel for the appellants submitted that against the violation of interim order given in Contempt Case, the appeal is maintainable.
The question of giving further direction in a Contempt Case may not arise in view of the fact that in a Contempt Case what has to be decided is whether the contemnor wilfully disobeyed the Order of the Court, therefore, the present appeal is not maintainable.
Accordingly, the Letters Patent Appeal is dismissed.
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JUSTICE K.C. BHANU
__________________________ JUSTICE M.SEETHARAMA MURTI
Date:17.03.2015 INL
1 issue framed by the court
Whether a Letters Patent Appeal is maintainable against an order in a contempt case regarding the violation of an interim order.
Appellants
Respondents
K.C. Bhanu
M. Seetharama Murti
As recorded by the court registry
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