LAWS(GJH)-1999-5-1

LOPABEN PATEL Vs. HITENDRA RAMBHAI PATEL

Decided On May 12, 1999
LOPABEN PATEL Appellant
V/S
HITENDRA RAMBHAI PATEL Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This is a Motion of Contempt under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. The contempt alleged is a Civil Contempt as defined under Sec. 2(b) of the Contempt of Courts Act.

(2.) . The definition of Civil Contempt under Sec. 2(b) run thus :

(3.) . The petitioner happens to be the wife Smt. Lopaben Patel while the respondent happens to be the husband Shri Hitendra Patel. The case of the petitioner- wife is that. there has been wilful disobedience of the orders passed by this Court in Appeal from Order No. 396 of 1997 dated September 11, 1997 (Coram : Hon'ble Mr. Justice M. S. Shah) available at Annexure-A.