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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
BECHU KURIAN THOMAS, J
ELIZABETH THOMAS @ LAILA THOMAS – Appellant
Versus
R.K. DEEPESH – Respondent
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| 1. petitioners allege contempt due to municipality's order. (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. court clarifies nature of the order as provisional. (Para 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8) |
| 3. concluding remarks on proceeding closure. (Para 9) |
JUDGMENT
Petitioners seek to initiate contempt of court proceedings against the respondents, who are the Secretary and Assistant Executive Engineer of Thiruvalla Municipality, respectively.
2. The basis of the contempt proceeding is the judgment dated 06.11.2023 in W.P.(C) No.21312/2021. The construction of a building by the petitioners was the subject matter of dispute in the afore-noted writ petition. Initially, a direction was issued by the Secretary of the Municipality, which was produced as Ext.P12 in the writ petition and as Annexure-A1 in this contempt proceedings. Ext.P20 and Ext.P21 were subsequent notices issued by the Secretary based on Ext.P19 communication of the Secretary of the Local Self Government. In the judgment mentioned above, this Court set aside Ext.P20 and Ext.P21 notices, as well as Ext.P19 communication, and directed the Secretary of the Municipality to take Ext.P12 to a logical conclusion after considering the case of the petitioners an
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