2016 (6) TMI 1427 - HC - Customs

Contempt petition - non-compliance of the order and direction issued by this Court - learned Senior Standing Counsel submitted that the order and direction issued by this Court has been complied much earlier - HELD THAT - Recording the same, the contempt petition is closed. However, the issue as to whether the petitioner had received the order which is said to have been communicated, is left open, since the respondent do not have any postal acknowledgment having proof to show that the order dated 12.08.2015 has been dispatched on 25.08.2015.

Summary

The High Court of Madras closed a contempt petition against a respondent for non-compliance with a court order issued in W.P.No.20027 of 2014. The respondent claimed compliance, but the court left open the issue of whether the petitioner received the order due to lack of proof of dispatch.