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2025 Supreme(Online)(AP) 14102
HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
RAVI CHEEMALAPATI, J
G ALAM KOTESWARA RAO – Appellant
Versus
SHRI S S RAWATH – Respondent
Contempt Case No: 136/2024
For the Appellants/Petitioners: BURLU CHANDRA SEKHAR
For the Respondents: KALYAN CHAKRAVARTHY R, NAGARAJU PULLAGURA, VENKATA JAGANNADHA RAO E, C SUMON, B S SHIVAJI
The court affirmed that informing compliance by the authorities sufficiently mitigated the contempt claim.
Headnote:This case addresses the willful disobedience of an order dated 28.08.2023 passed in Writ Petition No. 19673 of 2023 under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. The court found that the authorities informed the petitioner that the bill amount had been credited to his account. The court concluded that the contempt case is closed, providing the petitioner the option to reopen the case if the amount was not received. The decision was delivered by the Honorable Justice Ravi Cheemalapati on 11.09.2025.
This Contempt Case is filed under Sections 10 to 12 of Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 against the respondents for willful disobedience of the order dated 28.08.2023 passed by this Court in Writ Petition No.19673 of 2023.
Sri B.Chandra Sekhar, learned counsel for the petitioner, appearing through virtual mode, submits that the petitioner has received a call from the respondent authorities informing him that the bill amount has been credited to his account.
Recording the said submission, as the authorities have informed that the bill amount has been credited to the petitioner’s account, the Contempt Case is closed. If the petitioner has not received the said amount, he is at liberty to file an appropriate application to reopen the case. There shall be no order as to costs.
