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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
SURESHWAR THAKUR, SUDEEPTI SHARMA
Dusmanta Kumar Bahera – Appellant
Versus
Daya Rani – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. background on respondent's appointment and claims. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. modification in interest rate not mentioned. (Para 3) |
| 3. respondent filed contempt after non-compliance. (Para 4 , 6) |
| 4. status report regarding pending legal actions. (Para 7) |
| 5. arguments against the contempt ruling and jurisdiction. (Para 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12) |
| 6. arguments supporting the maintainability of contempt appeal. (Para 13 , 14) |
| 7. clarification of contempt jurisdiction principles. (Para 17 , 18 , 19) |
| 8. court's caution regarding the use of contempt. (Para 20 , 21 , 22) |
| 9. procedures for contempt jurisdiction defined. (Para 34 , 35) |
| 10. court quashes the contempt ruling. (Para 41 , 42) |
| 11. final directives for procedural adherence. (Para 43 , 44 , 45) |
JUDGMENT :
SURESHWAR THAKUR , J.
1. The instant appeal has been directed against the order dated 28.8.2024, as passed by the learned Contempt Bench of this Court in COCP No. 2913 of 2024.
Brief facts of the case.
2. In the year 1979, the respondent herein was appointed as a Craft Teacher in the Panchayat Samiti concerned, and her services were regularized vide order dated 4.5.1983, and, on 30.4.2014, she retired from the post of Craft Teacher. The respo
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