Bombay High Court

JAISHRI W/O.GUNWANTRAO PATIL AND OTHERSversusSMT.MAHADABAI GUNWANTRAO PATIL AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The contempt petition stands disposed as no surviving order exists to be contravened.

Summary

The petitioners filed a contempt petition alleging that the respondents violated an interim status‑quo order issued in a writ petition. The writ petition was later disposed on 7 April 2011 after the parties reached a compromise, and the interim relief was vacated. The court examined whether any cause of contempt remained after the underlying order was set aside. It held that, with the interim order no longer in force, there was nothing left to sustain the contempt petition. Consequently, the contempt petition was disposed of.

Issues considered

Does a contempt petition survive when the order it seeks to enforce has been vacated or the underlying writ petition disposed?

Subjects

contempt of court
interim order
status‑quo
compromise
writ petition
disposal

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:43085

                                                                        197.2009CP

                                                   1

                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                  BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                          3 CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 197 OF 2009
                                   IN WP/456/1997

                           Jaishri W/o.gunwantrao Patil and others
                                            VERSUS
                         Smt.mahadabai Gunwantrao Patil and others
                                               ...
                 Mr.N.B. Patil, AGP for Respondent/State
                 Mr.S.S. Manale, Advocate for respondent nos.1 and 2.
                                               ...

                                      CORAM :          VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV,J.

                                      DATE         :   21.09.2026

                 P.C. :


                 1.         None of the petitioners.
                 2.         The order of which the contempt is alleged was an
                 interim order of status-quo in Writ Petition.
                 3.         Subsequently, by order dated 7th April, 2011, the
                 Writ Petition itself is disposed of in view of the compromise
                 between the parties. The compromise pursis was also placed
                 on record and there is order of vacating interim relief while
                 disposing of the Writ Petition.
                 4.         As such, nothing survives in the contempt
                 petition and the same stands disposed of.




                                                   [VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV]
                                                            JUDGE
                 sga

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