Supreme Court of India

Midnapore Peoples' Co-op. Bank Ltd. and Ors. v. Chunilal Nanda and Ors.

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Reported as [2006] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 986

Bench B.P. Singh and R.V. Raveendran JJ.

Decided 25 May 2006

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, we dispose of these matters as follows : (i) CA No. 1727/2002 is allowed.

Judgment, page 21

From the headnote

Service Law: Contempt of Courts Act, 1971; Section 19/Limitation Act, 1963; Section 5: Employee-Suspension-Enquiry Proceedings-Challenge to-Single Judge of High Court ordered denovo enquiry-Delay in completion of enquiry-Filing of contempt petition by the employee-Single Judge of the High Court directing the employer-Bank to reinstate the suspended employee and to pay arrears of salary-Division Bench of the High Court dismissed the Letters Patent Appeal and also application for condonation of delay- On appeal, Held: Appeal under Section 19 of the Contempt Act lies only against the order of

Authorities it was built on

2003 Subal Paul v. Malina Paul and Anr. cited by 9
1996 J.S. Parihar v. Ganpat Duggar and Ors. cited by 8
2003 Mithailal Dalsangar Singh and Ors. v. Annabai Devram Kini and Ors. cited by 7
1974 Baradakanta Mishra v. Mr. Justice Gatikrushna Mishra cited by 3
1996 State of Maharashtra v. Mahboob S. Allibhoy and Anr. cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2024 Ajay Kumar Bhalla & Ors. v. Prakash Kumar Dixit relied on
2017 Ecl Finance Ltd. v. Harikishan Shankarji Gudipati & Ors. relied on
2025 Odisha State Financial Corporation v. Vigyan Chemical Industries and Others referred to
2021 V. Senthur and Another v. M. Vijayakumar, Ias,secretary, Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission and Another referred to
2013 State of J & K and Ors. v. Sat Pal referred to
2018 Canara Bank v. N. G. Subbaraya Setty & Anr. mentioned
2015 Tukaram Dnyaneshwar Patil v. State of Maharashtra & Ors. mentioned

Of those, 2 relied on · 3 referred to · 2 mentioned

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