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SURESH KUMAR KAIT, NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA
R. S. Gupta – Appellant
Versus
Govt. of NCT of Delhi – Respondent
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JUDGMENT (Oral)
1. The present appeal has been filed by the appellant seeking setting aside of the impugned judgment dated 17.03.2023 in CCP 456/2019; and directions to respondents to comply with order dated 04.10.2018.
2. It is not in dispute that vide the impugned judgment dated 17.03.2023, the contemnor has already been discharged and appeal is not maintainable as decided by order dated 01.11.2022 of this Court passed in Cont. App. (C) 21/2022. The relevant paras of said order are as under:
"7. Alas as the position had not changed, there was no occasion for anyone, much less the respondents to be held guilty of contempt, as has been rightly held by the learned Single Judge. There were no circumstances giving rise to any suspicion of holding the respondents guilty of any offence. In essence, the respondents have not been held guilty of contempt and have certainly not been punished for the same. In such a case, no appeal under Section 19 of the Act shall lie. Such an order rejecting a petition
An appeal under Section 19 of the Act in a contempt of court case is only maintainable when the contemnor has been found guilty or punished under the act.
An appeal under Section 19 of the Contempt of Courts Act is only maintainable when there is a definite finding against a contemnor or when the contemnor has been punished.
An appeal under Section 19(1) of the Contempt of Courts Act only lies from an order of the High Court exercising its jurisdiction to punish for contempt; dismissal of a contempt application is not su....
The appeal process under Section 19(1) of the Contempt of Courts Act requires a connection with an order punishing for contempt; proceedings not fulfilling this criterion are non-appealable.
An appeal under Section 19 of the Contempt of Courts Act is maintainable only against an order imposing punishment for contempt.
An appeal under Section 19 of the Contempt of Courts Act is only maintainable against orders imposing punishment for contempt.
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