DEAR SIR,
NO ESCAPE FOR BABUS FACING CONTEMPT PLEA. COMPLYING WITH ORDERS AFTER GETTING COURT NOTICE WON'T SAVE OFFICIALS, SAYS HIGH COURT. (NEW INDIAN EXPRESS DT 31 03 2014)
THE MADRAS HIGH COURT BENCH COMPRISING OF ACTG. CJ SATISH K AGNIHOTRI AND JUSTICE KK SASIDHARAN SAID THAT ONCE A BUREAUCRAT COMMITS CONTEMPT OF COURT BY VIOLATING ORDERS OF THE COURT AND RECEIVES CONTEMPT NOTICE TOO, THEN EVEN IF HE COMPLIES WITH THE COURT ORDER IT WOULD NOT AUTOMATICALLY ABSOLVE HIM OF THE CONTEMPT CHARGES.
HERE THE PETITIONER WAS SELECTED FOR SI POST BUT WAS NOT GIVEN APPOINTMENT ORDER FOR HER CONDUCT BEING NOT SATISFACTORY. SHE CHALLENGED THE ORDER AND THE SINGLE JUDGE RULED IN HER FAVOUR. EVEN THE DIVISION BENCH PASSED A SIMILAR ORDER IN NOV 2012 DIRECTING DGP TO ISSUE APPOINTMENT ORDER BEFORE DEC 20, 2012. THE HC THEN DIRECTED HOME SECRETARY, TNUSR BOARD CHAIRMAN AND DGP TO BE PRESENT IN COURT ON DEC 20,2013 TO REPORT COMPLIANCE OF THEIR ORDERS OF APPOINTMENT. THE APPOINTMENT ORDER WAS ISSUED ON DEC 18 2013. THE CONTEMPT PETITION WAS CLOSED WITH THE ABOVE WARNING.
THIS IS ALSO EXACTLY THE SAME CASE AS OURS, ISN'T IT?
THE MADRAS HIGH COURT BENCH COMPRISING OF ACTG. CJ SATISH K AGNIHOTRI AND JUSTICE KK SASIDHARAN SAID THAT ONCE A BUREAUCRAT COMMITS CONTEMPT OF COURT BY VIOLATING ORDERS OF THE COURT AND RECEIVES CONTEMPT NOTICE TOO, THEN EVEN IF HE COMPLIES WITH THE COURT ORDER IT WOULD NOT AUTOMATICALLY ABSOLVE HIM OF THE CONTEMPT CHARGES.
HERE THE PETITIONER WAS SELECTED FOR SI POST BUT WAS NOT GIVEN APPOINTMENT ORDER FOR HER CONDUCT BEING NOT SATISFACTORY. SHE CHALLENGED THE ORDER AND THE SINGLE JUDGE RULED IN HER FAVOUR. EVEN THE DIVISION BENCH PASSED A SIMILAR ORDER IN NOV 2012 DIRECTING DGP TO ISSUE APPOINTMENT ORDER BEFORE DEC 20, 2012. THE HC THEN DIRECTED HOME SECRETARY, TNUSR BOARD CHAIRMAN AND DGP TO BE PRESENT IN COURT ON DEC 20,2013 TO REPORT COMPLIANCE OF THEIR ORDERS OF APPOINTMENT. THE APPOINTMENT ORDER WAS ISSUED ON DEC 18 2013. THE CONTEMPT PETITION WAS CLOSED WITH THE ABOVE WARNING.
THIS IS ALSO EXACTLY THE SAME CASE AS OURS, ISN'T IT?
A V SUBBARAMAN, COIMBATORE DIVISION
(We have not won any contempt pleas in HCs. Ed.)