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2026 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 86407
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari, CJ, G. Arul Murugan, J
J. Gnana Sankar – Appellant
Versus
Dharmaraj – Respondent
Crl.M.P.No.78593 of 2024
Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners:
For the Respondents:
For the Appellants/Petitioners:
For the Respondents:
The court permitted the withdrawal of a contempt petition while granting the petitioner liberty to file a fresh petition before the Magistrate.
Headnote:(A) Contempt Jurisdiction - Withdrawal of Petition - A petitioner may seek to withdraw a contempt petition with liberty to initiate fresh proceedings before the appropriate Magistrate. (Para 1)
Issues: Whether the contempt petition could be withdrawn with liberty to file a fresh petition before the Magistrate.
PRAYER: Petition filed under Section 10 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 to punish the respondent for willful disobedience and deliberate violation of the judgement dated 29.01.2025 passed in Crl.M.P.No.78593 of 2024.
ORDER
(Order of the Court was made by the Hon’ble Chief Justice)
Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks to withdraw the contempt petition with liberty to file fresh petition before the learned Magistrate.
The contempt petition is dismissed as withdrawn with the aforesaid liberty. No costs.
Index : Yes/No Neutral Citation : Yes/No
