CHANDRAKANT JAIRAM SAWANT vs BHIMRAO GANPATRAO PATIL — Crl.A. No. 705/1995

Case Summary: Crl.A. No. 705 of 1995 Outcome: The Supreme Court allowed the appeals and dismissed the underlying Criminal Contempt Petition No. 3 of 1995 (suo motu), discharging the contempt notice issued by a Bombay High Court Judge. The Court declined to proceed into the alleged contempt matter based on overall facts and circumstances. Key Details: The appeals were filed at the notice stage of a suo motu contempt petition that had halted further contempt proceedings before the Nagpur Bench for seven years. The Court decided it was not expedient to investigate the contempt allegations and thus discharged the notice and dismissed the petition, allowing both Criminal Appeals 705/1995 and 196/1996. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.