JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Contempt Petition filed under Section 11 of the Contempt of Courts Act 70 of 1971 to punish the respondent for contemptuous and willful disobedience of the injunction order dated 26.07.2018 passed by this Court in OSA.Nos.260/2015 against OS.Nos.1069, 1070 & 1071/2015 in CS.No.801/2015 which is subsisting till date.)

S.S. Sundar, J.

1. The above Contempt Petition is filed by plaintiff in the suit in C.S.No.801 of 2015, who is also the appellant in O.S.A.No.260, 261 and 262 of 2015, alleging willful disobedience of the order passed by this Court, dated 26.07.2018, in O.S.A.Nos.260, 261 and 262 of 2015.

2. Brief facts that are necessary for the disposal of this Contempt Petition are as follows :

a. The petitioner in the Contempt Petition is a company having its registered office at Kolkatta and branch office at Anna Salai, Chennai. The petitioner is a reputed company in cigarette business from 1910. The petitioner filed the suit in C.S.No.801 of 2015 for the following reliefs :

i. a permanent injunction restraining the defendant themselves, their directors, successors-in-business, servants, agents, distributors