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SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA, ATUL S.CHANDURKAR
Bhaskar Govind Gavate (Now Deceased) Through His Legal Heirs – Appellant
Versus
State Of Maharashtra – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. dismissal of contempt petition based on ambiguity. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. claim of non-compliance of court order. (Para 3 , 4) |
| 3. court's assessment on the clarity of prior orders. (Para 7 , 8 , 9 , 10) |
| 4. remand for fresh consideration of contempt petition. (Para 11) |
JUDGMENT
ATUL S. CHANDURKAR, J.
1. The appellants are aggrieved by the judgment dated 26.02.2022 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Bombay in Contempt Petition No.315 of 2003. By the said judgment, the Contempt Petition filed by the appellants has been dismissed by holding that the order of which non-compliance was alleged was capable of two interpretations and hence the Court was not inclined to initiate any action in exercise of contempt jurisdiction.
2. Since the grievance of the appellants is that there has been non-compliance of the judgment passed in proceedings initiated by them, it would be necessary to briefly refer to the said proceedings. The predecessor of the appellants, Shri Bhaskar Govind Gavate had filed Writ Petition No.3412 of 1992 seeking a writ of mandamus for completion of acquisition proceedings in respect of land bearing Gat No.78 to the extent of 12 acres 24 gunthas of Village Chinc
None of the cases explicitly indicate that they have been overruled, reversed, or treated as bad law based on the provided excerpt. The case law list mentions a specific case Bhaskar Govind Gavate (Now Deceased) Through His Legal Heirs vs State Of Maharashtra - 2025 Supreme(Online)(SC) 10593 involving a writ petition and references to awards and legal proceedings, but there is no language indicating that this case has been overruled, reversed, criticized, or otherwise discredited in subsequent rulings. Therefore, no case is categorized as bad law at this stage.
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