Pg Venkatesan v. Prashanth Joshi,

Cont.P.No.1044 of 2020

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 21.03.2025

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.DHANDAPANI Cont.P.No.1044 of 2020 P.G.Venkatesan

...Petitioner

Vs.

Prashanth Joshi, Managing Director and Head of National Distribution, DBS Bank India Lmited, LVB Road, No.4, Sardar Patel Road, Guindy, Chennai - 600 032.

...Respondent

(Respondent substituted, vide order dated 15.03.2021 made in Sub.Appln.No.104 of 2021 in Cont.P.No.1044 of 2020) Contempt Petition filed under Section 11 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, seeking to punish the respondent for wilful disobedience of the order dated 31.01.2020 passed by this Court in W.P.No.25695 of 2017. For Petitioner : Mr.Balan Haridas For Respondent : Mr.Anand Gopalan for M/s. Agam Legal

O R D E R

This Contempt Petition has been filed seeking to punish the respondent for wilful disobedience of the order dated 31.01.2020 passed by this Court in W.P.No.25695 of 2017.

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Cont.P.No.1044 of 2020 M.DHANDAPANI, J.

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2. Today, when the matter was taken up for hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that, in respect of the disputed amount, already the petitioner raised a dispute under Section 33C(1) of the Industrial Disputes Act.

3. In view of the above submission made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, this Contempt Petition stands closed with a liberty to the petitioner to workout his remedy in the manner known to law before the appropriate forum.

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