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SURESH KUMAR KAIT, TUSHAR RAO GEDELA
Ram Prakash Choudhary – Appellant
Versus
State – Respondent
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JUDGMENT (Oral)
1. Vide present appeal, appellant is seeking setting aside of the impugned order dated 14.12.2022 whereby the Contempt Case (C) 1359/2022 and CM Applcation No.53955-56/2022 have been dismissed with cost of Rs.25,000/- to be paid to Delhi High Court Legal Service Committee; and to initiate contempt proceedings against the respondent No.1, the IO/ACP, PS. Model Town Sh. Ajay Kumar and respondent No.2 Ms.Sarita Batra for their deliberate and willful disobedience and act of contempt of Court committed in respect of order dated 15.11.2019 passed by this Court.
2. Pursuant to order dated 06.03.2023, learned counsel for respondents has appeared and submitted that the present appeal is not maintainable in view of Section 19 of the Contempt Court Act.
3. It is not in dispute that vide the impugned judgment dated 14.12.2022, the contemnor has already been discharged and appeal is not maintainable as decided by order dated 01.11.2022 of this Court pas
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 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(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.
The appeals under Section 19 of the Contempt of Courts Act are maintainable even without a punishment order, as 'any order or decision' includes non-punitive directives, provided the parties are info....
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