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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
M.S. Ramesh, V. Lakshminarayanan, JJ
Mr.Manivel – Appellant
Versus
John Chandy – Respondent
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| 1. contempt arising from non-compliance with a court order. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. arguments made for compliance and necessity of proper inquiry. (Para 3 , 4) |
| 3. court's observations regarding the justification of punishment. (Para 5 , 6) |
| 4. decision to set aside the punishment of imprisonment. (Para 8) |
| 5. final disposal of the contempt appeals. (Para 9 , 10) |
COMMON JUDGMENT
M.S.RAMESH, J.
All these four Contempt Appeals arise out of an order passed in Contempt Petition No.3283 of 2024 dated 28.04.2025, wherein the learned Single Judge had found the contemnors of having committed 'civil contempt' and sentenced the appellant in Cont.A.No.17 of 2025 to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of one month and to pay an amount equivalent to his one month's salary as compensation and a compensation of Rs.10,000/- each payable by the appellants in Cont.A.Nos.18, 19 & 20 of 2025.
2. The aforesaid Contempt Petition arises out of an order passed in W.P.No.29844 of 2023 dated 08.11.2023. The grievance of the writ petitioner is that his representations given before the Revenue Authorities seeking for removal of certain entries in the patta passbook have not been considered and therefore, he
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