MADAN MOHAN PATRA vs BALAILAL MAITY . — C.A. No. 834/2002

Case Summary: C.A. No. 834/2002 Outcome: The Supreme Court dismissed Madan Mohan Patra's appeal on April 1, 2009, upholding the High Court of Calcutta's finding that he was guilty of civil contempt for willful disobedience of an injunction order. The Court affirmed the High Court's penalty: Rs. 20,000 compensation to respondents, Rs. 1,000 fine on appellant, with one month simple imprisonment in default of fine payment. Next Steps: A Second Appeal on the merits of the underlying case remains pending before the High Court; the Supreme Court clarified that observations in these proceedings do not express opinions on that pending appeal. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.