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2007 (9) TMI 403 - HC - Companies LawContempt of Courts - willful disobedience and gross violation of the orders of the Company Law Board, Additional Principal Bench, Chennai dated 18-7-2005 - Held that:- Open defiance of the order of the Company Law Board, in continuing demolition of the superstructures even till 29-7-2005 more than ten days after the restraint order of status quo dated 18-7-2005, is a contempt of such a nature as to have substantially interfered with the due course of justice for which imposition of the sentence of fine alone would not meet the ends of justice. Such flagrant violation of the orders of the Company Law Board must be dealt with sternly. The fifth respondent is sentenced, under section 12(1) of the Contempt of Courts Act, to undergo simple imprisonment for a term of two months and with fine of ₹ 2,000. In accordance with section 12(3), read with rule 32(1) and (3) of the Contempt of Courts Rules, 1980, the fifth respondent shall be detained in civil prison for a period of two months. His subsistence allowance is fixed at ₹ 2,500 per month. The petitioner herein shall deposit a sum of ₹ 5,000 in the High Court Registry, within one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, towards subsistence allowance for the two month period the fifth respondent is required to be kept in civil prison. The amount so deposited shall be defrayed towards the subsistence allowance payable to the fifth respondent. The contempt case is allowed with costs quantified at ₹ 3,500 to be paid by the fifth respondent to the petitioner herein.
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