13th February, 2026 (AK)

11-13 C.P.A.N 1989 of 2024 in WPA 1223 of 2024 With WPA 1215 of 2024 With WPA 892 of 2024 Hemant Kanoria Vs.

The South Indian Bank Limited and others Mr. Jishnu Chowdhury, Snr. Adv.

Mr. Deepan Kumar Sarkar Mr. Soumalya Ganguli Mr. Naman Choudhury Mr. Subhojyoti Mookherjee Mr. Samriddha Sen ...for the petitioner.

Mr. Dhruv Dewan Mr. Deepanjan Dutta Roy Ms. Arushi Chandra Mr. Udbhav Nanda Ms. Sanjana Jha Ms. Rashi Sharma ...for the alleged contemnors.

1. The present application has been filed alleging contempt on the part of the alleged contemnors of the order dated August 9, 2024 passed in WPA 1223 of 2024, which was disposed of along with two other writ petitions by the self-same order.

2. Learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioner contends that in paragraph nos. 8 and 9 of the parent order, the petitioner was permitted to furnish his reply to the show-cause notices issued by the respondent-Bank within 21 days from that day, indicating the documents which are required to be inspected by/furnished to the petitioner to effectively rebut the allegations made therein (emphasis supplied).

3. In paragraph no. 9 of the said order, upon such reply being given, t