Muthu v. Shanmugam,

Contempt Petition No.2266 of 2025

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 05.02.2026

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.ANAND VENKATESH Contempt Petition No.2266 of 2025 Muthu ... Petitioner Vs.

Shanmugam The Special Tahsildar, Mamallapuram Puducherry Corridor, Varadharajan Street, Vedachalam Nagar, Chengalpattu.

... Respondent Contempt Petition filed under Section 11 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, praying to punish the respondent for having committed contempt of Court for disobeying the order made in W.P.No.5731 of 2025 dated 09.04.2025 in accordance with law.

For Petitioner :

Mr.M.Rajasekar For Respondent :

Mr.G.Velu Additional Government Pleader Mrs.S.R.Sumathy Standing Counsel for NHAI *****

ORDER

When the matter was taken up for hearing today, it was brought to the notice of this Court that the very issue raised before this Court in the contempt petition is now pending before the Apex Court in SLP Civil 1/2 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis

Contempt Petition No.2266 of 2025 N.ANAND VENKATESH, J gm No.8422 of 2024. In view of the above, this contempt petition is closed for the present. Subject to the final result in the appeal pending before the Apex Court, it is left open to the petitioner to revive this contempt petition.

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