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2021 Supreme(Cal) 24

THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN, SHAMPA SARKAR
Arvind Kumar Newar – Appellant
Versus
S S Kothari – Respondent


Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Mr. S.K. Kapur, Sr. Adv., Mr. Hirak Kumar Mitra, Sr. Adv., Mr. S.N. Mookherjee, Sr. Adv., Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Sr. Adv., Mr. K.V. Vishwanathan, Sr. Adv., Mr. V. Giri, Sr. Adv., Mr. Surajit Nath Mitra, Sr. Adv., Mr. Ratnanko Banerjee, Sr. Adv., Ms. V. Meharia, Adv., Mr. D.N. Sharma, Adv., Mr. K. Choudhury, Adv., Mr. Soumabho Ghose, Adv., Ms. Suchismita Ghose, Adv., Mr. Pratik Mukhopadhyay, Adv., Mr. Akash Bajaj, Adv., Ms. Vaibhavi Pandy, Adv., Mr. Debdutta Sen, Adv., Mr. Anuj Singh, Adv., Mr. Ajay Bhargav, Adv., Mrs. Vanita Bhargav, Adv., Mr. Swarnendu Ghosh, Adv.
For the HVL : Mr. Darius Khambata, Sr. Adv., Mr. Abhrajit Mitra, Sr. Adv., Mr. Partha Sarathi Sengupta, Sr. Adv., Mr. Soumya Raychowdhury, Adv., Mr. Debanjan Mandal, Adv., Mr. Sanjiv Kumar Trivedi, Adv., Mr. Kunal Vajani, Adv., Mr. Sarvapria Mukherjee, Adv., Mr. Deepan Sarkar, Adv., Ms. Iram Sassan, Adv., Mr. Sanket Sarawgi, Adv., Ms. Mahima Cholera, Adv.
For the Companies : Mr. Ranjan Bachawat, Sr. Adv., Mr. Sayan Roychowdhury, Adv., Mr. Satyaki Mukherjee, Adv., Mr. Paritosh Sinha, Adv., Mr. Saubhik Chowdhruy, Adv., Mr. Dripto Majumdar, Adv., Ms. Ayusmita Sinha, Adv.
For APL Minority Member : Mr. Kihosre Datta, Sr. Adv.
For APL Majority Committee : Mr. Joy Saha, Sr. Adv., Mr. Yash Vardhan Deora, Adv., Ms. Asmita Raychaudhuri, Adv.

JUDGMENT :

Shampa Sarkar, J.

1. These contempt applications have been filed by the defendants in Title Suit No. 6 of 2004 (a testamentary suit) alleging wilful, deliberate and contumacious violation of a common order dated October 1, 2020 passed by this Bench in APO No.89 of 2020, APO No.90 of 2020, APO No.91 of 2020, APO No.92 of 2020 and APO No.95 of 2020. The alleged contemnors are the plaintiff No.1, Harsh Vardhan Lodha (HVL) and each of the directors of the four public listed companies, namely, Universal Cables Ltd. (UCL), Birla Cable Limited (BCab), Vindhya Telelinks Limited (VTL) and Birla Corporation Limited (BCL). Harsh Vardhan Lodha’s participation in the Board Meetings of these companies as the director/chairman, have been alleged to be contumacious. The allegations are primarily against HVL and consequently against the directors of the companies who have allegedly aided and abetted HVL in committing the contempt. All the applications have been heard analogously.

2. Before dealing with the allegations, the factual backdrop of the case is discussed for convenience. An

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