REVA KHETRAPAL
Shobha Shrestha – Appellant
Versus
Jay Randolph Vass – Respondent
Reva Khetrapal, J.
1. By way of this application under Order XXXIX Rule 2A read with Article 215 of the Constitution and Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the petitioner seeks initiation of Contempt of Court proceedings against the respondents No. 1 and 2 for intentionally and willfully disregarding and disobeying the order dated 23rd February, 1996 passed by this Court in IA No. 1856/1996 in CS(OS) 471/1996.
.2. The backdrop in which the present contempt petition came to be filed is a long drawn out legal battle between the parties on various fronts. The petitioner had filed Suit No. 471/1996 against Mrs. Melanie Vass Simon, Mrs. Dorie Vass Guidon, Mrs. Alexandra Vass Slusher and Mr. Jay Randolph Vass, etc. for specific performance and other relief in respect of the Agreement of Sale dated 24.02.1990. The said Agreement of Sale pertained to Plot No. 34, Vasant Marg, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi, admeasuring 1960 sq. yards approximately, with a residential house and an outhouse constructed thereon. The share of the co-owners of the aforesaid property was stated to be as under:
.(a) Mrs. Sanjivani Prabhakar Kelavkar -25%
.(b) Ms. Lilla M Shrinagesh -25%
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