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2026 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 18273
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
K. Natarajan, Johnson John, JJ
K. S. Varghese – Appellant
Versus
Dr. D. Sajith Babu IAS – Respondent
CON.CASE(C) NO. 2399 OF 2025 | WA NO.569 OF 2025
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Shri.B.Pramod, Shri. Athul M.V.
For the Respondents: Senior Government Pleader
The court upheld the closure of a contempt case, allowing revival post-review petition resolution.
Headnote:{'statute_analysis': 'The review petition against the order was filed in R.P. No. 1584/2025, leading to a stay of the judgment in Writ Appeal No. 569/2025.', 'facts_of_the_case': 'The petitioner, K. S. Varghese, filed a contempt case related to a Writ Appeal where a stay was obtained concerning a common judgment dated 12.09.2025.', 'findings_of_court': 'The court found no reason to keep the contempt petition pending until the disposal of the review petition.', 'issues': 'The court framed the issue around the necessity of ongoing contempt proceedings in light of the stay order on prior judgments.', 'ratio_decidendi': 'The court reasoned that the contempt case could be closed and revived later, respecting the review petition process.', 'result': 'This Contempt case is hereby closed, with liberty granted to the petitioner to revive the Contempt case after the disposal of the review petition by the Co-ordinate Bench.'}
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| 1. review petition leads to stay of previous orders (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. contempt case closed with future revival permitted (Para 4 , 5) |
K. NATARAJAN . J The learned Senior Government pleader for the respondent produced the order of the Co-ordinate Bench, wherein it is stated that a review petition has been filed against the order in the appeal under challenge in R.P. No. 1584/2025. The Co-ordinate Bench has granted a stay of the judgment in connected Writ Appeal No. 569/2025, in which a common judgment was passed by the Co-ordinate Bench for compliance in the present appeal.
2. The Submission of the learned Senior Government pleader for the respondent is placed on record.
3. In view of the stay of the judgment passed by the Co-
ordinate Bench in W.A. No. 569/2025, and the common judgment dated 12.09.2025 in the said writ appeal, we do not find any reason at present to keep this petition pending any further until the disposal of the review petition by the Co-
ordinate Bench of this Court.
4. Therefore the submission of the both sides are placed on record.
5. This Contempt case is hereby closed, with liberty granted to the petitioner to revive the Contempt case after the disposal of the review petition by the Co-ordinate Bench.
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