Authority: Supreme Court of India
Order Date: 05 August 2026
Case Overview
- Petition: Aquacity Consumer and Social Welfare Society filed Contempt Petition (C) No.45/2023 arising from Civil Appeal No.402/2022 against Hemant Kumar Soni & Ors., alleged contemnors.
- The underlying dispute stemmed from a judgment and order dated 17 October 2022 requiring payment to the petitioner; respondents claimed full payment had been made.
- Senior counsel for respondents, Mr. Puneet Jain, informed the Court that the entire payment had been made and an affidavit was filed; petitioner’s counsel, Mr. Rahul Kaushik, confirmed receipt of the full amount.
- The Court noted that sale deeds executed in favour of the petitioner, listed in Exhibit A and countersigned by the Court Master, are to be treated as cancelled.
- The order directs that the cancelled sale deeds be returned to the respondents within one week.
Final Outcome
- The contempt petition is formally closed.
- All pending applications, if any, are disposed of.
- Sale deeds mentioned in Exhibit A are cancelled and must be returned to the alleged contemnors within a week.
Topics: Contempt Petition, Payment Settlement, Sale Deed Cancellation