...concerned. Hence, by accepting the undertakings in both the affidavits and by accepting the apology, contempt notice issued under order dated 2 May, 2016 is hereby discharged. Criminal Reference No. 1 of 2016 is accordingly disposed...contempt to one Smt. Rupali S. Bobade, Assistant Police Inspector who was at the relevant time attached to Pune City Police Station. Notice was issued on the ground of breach committed by her of the...comply with the directions contained in the said Judgment will render the said Police Officer liable for punishment for Contempt of Court to be instituted before the High Court having territorial...

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...is well-settled that in a matter relating to the contempt of Court there cannot be both justification and an apology. The two things are incompatible. An apology is not a weapon of defence to purge... 1 is no contempt in which case a defence of unqualified apology is meaningless, because that would amount to the...they are prepared to purge the contempt for which they have been convicted. In our opinion, the apology is a sincere expression of their regret for what happened in court at the time the transfer...

...(2007) 11 SCC 374. In that contempt petition, the Supreme Court accepted the apology of the alleged contemnors, but having done so, in para 40 of the judgment it directe...withdrawn, an interim order had been passed by the High Court staying the grant of licences. A contempt petition was filed before the High Court alleging that licences were granted in violation of the...stay order of the High Court, but that contempt petition was dismissed.3. Against that order dismissing the contempt petition, a special leave petition was filed in this...

....12. The Petitioner appearing in person submits that wrong signal will be sent if the apology is accepted and the contemnors are let off. It is well settled that the contempt jurisdiction cannot...following order:-(i) The apology tendered by the contemnors is accepted;(ii) By accepting the apology, contempt notice issued to the contemnors is hereby discharged...contemnors.2. It is pointed out in the contempt petition that though the property subject matter of the suit was custodia legis, the third and fourth Respondents acting as Secretary and...

...dropped the contempt proceedings and could not have accepted the unconditional apology tendered by the appellant nor could have imposed costs on the appellant. In any view of the matter, the High...out of WPST No. 47 of 2009 dated 19-5-2010. By the impugned judgment and order, the learned Judges of the High Court, though having accepted the unconditional apology offered by the contemnors, have...passed some remarks against the members of the State Administrative Tribunal. Aggrieved by these observations, the appellants are before us in this civil appeal.2. A contempt...

.... 628 of 1998 and CPAN No. 1822 of 1997 in FA No. 232 of 1988. By the impugned order, the Court accepted unqualified apology tendered by the appellants in compliance with the orders of the Court for...and contentions of the parties in such proceedings. Further, the Court did not pass any order on the application filed by the Collector for vacating the rule issued in the contempt proceeding holding...Bengal were in contempt for not having complied with the order of the High Court.5. It is also pointed out that against the order of the High Court directing that 2/3rd of...

...within the ambit of contempt of court and he was accordingly found guilty under Section 2(c)(i) of the Act. As regards the apology tendered by the appellant, the High Court observed that this was not...contempt of court, it is well settled that an apology is not a weapon of defence to purge the guilty of their offence; nor is it intended to operate as a universal panacea, but it is intended to be...:“That if this Hon'ble Court comes to the conclusion that the deponent has committed contempt, the deponent tenders an unqualified apology to this Hon'ble Court and begs...

...of the direction issued by the Court, there arises a fresh cause of action to seek redressal in an appropriate forum and such action does not constitute contempt. The apology...petitioner. Mr. Bidhan Biswas for the alleged contemnor. The instant contempt application has been preferred alleging violation of an order dated 10th February, 2016...compliance of the courts order is unintentional and he tenders his unqualified apology on behalf of the alleged contemnor. Once an order has been passed by a party to a proceeding on the basis...

.... 4. Therefore, this is a case where the act of contempt has been purged by the accused and they have tendered an unconditional apology. Hence, the notice issued to the accused stands discharged. By accepting th...alleged is of the interim order passed by this Court dated 3rd July 2015 in a pending Regular First Appeal. The allegation in the contempt petition is that in breach of the said order, the first accused...Appeal. 3. The gift deed was executed on 22nd October 2019 (Annexure-E). The first accused has filed an affidavit tendering an unconditional apology for having executed the said gift...

....22. Sub-section (1) of Section 12 and the Explanation attached thereto enables the court to remit the punishment awarded for committing the contempt of court on apology...punishment for an act which is in contempt of court. An apology can be accepted in case the conduct for which the apology is given is such that it can be “ignored without compromising the dignity of the...contempt of court must be offered at the earliest since a belated apology hardly shows the “contrition which is the essence of the purging of a contempt”. However, even if the apology is not belated...

... 4. Since the payment has already been made to the petitioner and the contemnor has tendered apology, the contempt proceedings are closed. 5. Accordingly, the... 1. The instant contempt has been filed alleging non-compliance of the order dated 20/12/2023 passed by this Court in CONT No.52 of 2021. 2. Learned counsel for the.... 3. Learned counsel for the contemnor tenders unconditional apology on account of delay in making payment.ASHUTOSH MISHRA Digitally signed by...

...situation.3. In view of the unconditional apology that has been tendered, we are satisfied that it is not necessary to pursue any further action in this contempt case against the respondent. We accept the ...K. Surendra Mohan, J.:— Pursuant to our order dated 02.06.2017, the respondent is present in Court. She has also filed a fresh affidavit tendering unconditional apology for not having...

...apology tendered and close the present contempt proceedings.4. The contempt proceedings stand closed.SUPREME COURT OF INDIA....)UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following5. The contempt proceedings stand closed in terms of the signed order....

...was lacking bona fide in entertaining that belief. The third respondent has also tendered a conditional apology stating that in case it is found that he has committed any contempt, he may be pardoned.... We think that the apology tendered, though conditional, is sufficient in view of the explanation to Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 which reads:“An...K.K Mathew, J.— This is an application to take proceedings in contempt against the four respondents on the ground that they have disobeyed a judgment passed by this Court on...

.... 4. The accused has tendered his unconditional apology for the delay. By accepting the apology, the contempt proceedings deserves to be dropped subject to the State Government paying...

...proceedings or contempt proceedings, except for present one, initiated against him in his long 38 years of practice, we accept his unconditional apology. 5. Accordingly, unconditional...apology of contemnor is accepted and contempt proceedings against him are hereby dropped. 1 6. The contempt petition is... Neutral Citation No. - 2024:AHC-LKO:84131-DB Court No. - 10 Case :- CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CRIMINAL) No. - 2466 of 2015...

...punishment awarded for committing the contempt of court on an apology being made to the satisfaction of the court. However, an apology should not be rejected merely on the ground that it is qualified or...apology cannot be a defence, a justification, or an appropriate punishment for an act which tantamounts to contempt of court. An apology can be accepted in case where the conduct for which the apology is....18. An apology for criminal contempt of court must be offered at the earliest since a belated apology hardly shows the “contrition which is the essence of the purging of...

...fact, to purge the contempt, the contemner has tendered an unconditional apology in the following terms:“2. I say with all humility that I realise that the averments...knowingly done anything in this case which would be tantamount to contempt of this Hon'ble Court. I have apologised and I repeat my apology for having filed the affidavit in question in the circumstances...services for filing it. We, therefore, accept his unconditional apology and discharge the notice of contempt issued against him.Re: Mrs Kitty Kumaramangalam...