Supreme Court of India

Pallav Sheth v. Custodian and Ors.

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Reported as [2001] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 387

Bench B.N. Kirpal J.

Decided 10 August 2001

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What the Court ordered

We hold that Sect!on 5 of the Limitation Act does apply to the appeals filed against the order of the learned Single Judge for the enforcement by way of a contempt.

Judgment, page 16

From the headnote

Contempt of Courts Act, 1971-Sections 20 and 22-lnterim order of Special Court to appellant not to alienate, encumber, sell or transfer his movable or immovable assets, including bank accounts-Appellant set up benami companies and transferred and/or alienated his properties including cash in violation of the interim order-Facts detected during income tax raids · conducted by Revenue-Application for initiation of contempt proceedings filed by Custodian-Period of limitation of action for contempt-Held, on facts, fraud had been committed by the appellant-Benefit of /imitation cannot be claimed

Where later benches applied it

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2020 Re : Vijay Kurle & Ors. v. Re: relied on
2018 P. Radha Bai and Ors. v. P. Ashok Kumar and Anr. relied on
2024 S. Tirupathi Rao v. M. Lingamaiah & Ors. referred to
2022 In Re: Perry Kansagra v. In Re: Perry Kansagra referred to
2022 Saranpal Kaur Anand v. Praduman Singh Chandhok and Others referred to
2016 Maheshwar Peri & Others v. High Court of Judicature at Allahabad through Registrar General referred to
2013 Ashok Kumar Aggarwal v. Neeraj Kumar & Anr. mentioned

Of those, 3 relied on · 4 referred to · 1 mentioned

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