- 1 - IN IN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORDINARY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION jmi CONTEMPT PETITION NO.140 OF 2000 IN NOTICE OF MOTION NO.908 OF 2000 IN SUIT NO.687 OF 2000. SBI Home Finance Ltd. ..Petitioners. vs. Credential Finance Ltd & Anr. ..Respondents. .... Mr.Jaydeep K. Raut, i/b. Crawford Bayley & Co., for the Petitioners. Mr.Dharam Sharma, for the Respondents. .... CORAM CORAM CORAM: S.J.KATHAWALLA, J. S.J.KATHAWALLA, J. S.J.KATHAWALLA, J. DATE DATE DATE : 6TH FEBRUARY,2009 : 6TH FEBRUARY,2009 : 6TH FEBRUARY,2009. P.C.: P.C.: P.C.: . The learned Advocate for the petitioners seeks leave to withdraw the contempt petition. Since this Court after being prima-facie satisfied that a case of contempt is made out against the respondents, issued notice to the respondents, the question of allowing the petitioner to withdraw the petition does not arise. 2. The respondents were issued show cause notice on the ground that the respondents have committed contempt of the order by this Court dated 3rd August 2000, whereby the respondents were inter-alia directed to file before this Court an affidavit giving details of the bank accounts where the amounts of the respondents were - 2 - lying. The respondents were to file this affidavit within a period of 4 weeks from 31st August 2000. The respondents have filed 2 affidavits dated 20th September 2000 and 26th September 2000, wherein all the accounts are disclosed by the respondent no.1. 3. The respondents have therefore delayed the filing of the affidavit by 26 days. The respondents have filed an affidavit dated 24th January 2003 wherein they have tendered an unconditional apology for the delay in filing an affidavit on their part and have explained the reasons for the said delay in paragraph 5 of their affidavit dated 24th January 2003. 4. In view thereof, the unconditional apology tendered by the respondents to this Court is accepted and the show cause notice issued by the respondents is hereby discharged. 5. The contempt petition accordingly stands disposed of. [S.J.KATHAWALLA, [S.J.KATHAWALLA, [S.J.KATHAWALLA, J.] J.] J.]