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Madras High Court Suspends Sentence Of IAS Officer, Others In Contempt Case
Upasana Sajeev
7 Aug 2023 7:59 AM GMT
The Madras High Court has suspended the order of imprisonment against IAS officer Pradeep Yadav and two others in the contempt case for failure to implement court orders while he was holding the post of the Principal Secretary to the School Education Department.The division bench of Justice SS Sundar and Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy of the Madurai bench suspended the sentence while hearing...
The Madras High Court has suspended the order of imprisonment against IAS officer Pradeep Yadav and two others in the contempt case for failure to implement court orders while he was holding the post of the Principal Secretary to the School Education Department.
The division bench of Justice SS Sundar and Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy of the Madurai bench suspended the sentence while hearing an appeal preferred against the order of the single judge.
Recently, a single judge had ordered sentenced the contemners to two weeks imprisonment after ruling that the authorities had failed to comply with the order directing them to regularise the services of an employee. The single judge had observed that the authorities had only complied with the order after the notice was issued in the contempt plea and had thus committed wilful disobedience of the court order.
The court had also refused to accept the unconditional apology of the officials and said that if any lenient view was to be taken against such officers, it would send a wrong message to such Government Officials.
The single judge also noted that though the writ appeal was dismissed on August 5, 2019, the service was regularised only on March 19, 2021 and there was further abnormal delay to settle the monetary benefits.
Case Title: Muthupalanichamy and another v Gnana Pragasam and others
Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 219
Case No: Cont A (MD) 9 of 2023
