COCP No.1887 of 2011 (O & M) ::1:: IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH COCP No.1887 of 2011 (O & M) Date of decision: 13.10.2011 Bhagat Singh .... Petitioner Versus Bhushan Kumar Aggarwal and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL Present: Mr.R.S. Ghuman, Advocate, for the petitioner. **** AJAY KUMAR MITTAL, J.: (Oral) The petitioner has approached this Court by filing the present petition under Sections 11 & 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 for violation of Award dated 20th December, 1993 passed by the Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Jalandhar, in reference No.158 of 1989. 2. Section 20 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 provides for limitation for initiating the proceedings for contempt, which reads as under:- "20. Limitation for actions for contempt:- No court shall initiate any proceedings of contempt, either on its own motion or otherwise, after the expiry of a period of one year from the date on COCP No.1887 of 2011 (O & M) ::2:: which the contempt is alleged to have been committed." 3. A plain reading of the aforesaid Section shows that no Court shall initiate proceedings for contempt after expiry of one year from the date when contempt is alleged to have been committed. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner was not able to explain inordinate delay of more than 17 years in approaching this Court. No explanation much less satisfactory explanation had been tendered by learned counsel for the petitioner. 5. In view of the above, the present petition which is highly belated, is dismissed. (AJAY KUMAR MITTAL) JUDGE October 13, 2011 sukhpreet