1988 INSC 0010
                                              State of J&K and Others

                                                           Vs

                                     M/S. Sudhir & Co. Jammu and Others

                                          Civil Appeal No. 3405 of 1987

                                           (M.P. Thakkar, M.M. Dutt JJ)

                                                      08.01.1988

                                                        ORDER

This appeal is directed against an order passed in the course of contempt proceedings initiated
against the officers of the appellant-State on the ground of alleged violation of an interim order
passed by the learned Single Judge of the High Court in CMP No. 892 of 1987 on August 12, 1987.
The interim order in question has been subjected to an LPA appeal to the Division Bench of the
same High Court. The Division Bench has passed an interim order in the course of the said LPA
appeal. It is not disputed that the appellants are bound to abide by the said interim order passed by
the Division Bench in CMP (LPA Writ) Nos. 1903 and 1749 of 1987 Dated November 3, 1987 and
will do so. So far as the contempt proceedings arising out of the alleged contempt in the context of
the earlier interim order passed by the learned Single Judge are concerned in the circumstances of
the case we think that ends of justice would be served if the said contempt proceedings are stayed
till the final disposal of the LPA appeals pending before the Division Bench. We direct accordingly.
The present appeal stands disposed of in these terms with no order as to costs.

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