2 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET No. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 1037 OF 2001 IN CONTEMPT PETITION (ST) NO. 7651 of 1998 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 576 of 1994 Office Notes,Office Memoranda of Coram,appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders Court's or Judge's orders 1. Heard Adv. Shri R.R. Suryawanshi for the applicant. This is an application for condonation of delay of 39 days in filing contempt petition. The registration was refused on the ground that that office objections were not removed. The contempt petition was filed in 1998 in respect of some false affidavit filed in Writ Petition No. 576 of 1994. 2. In view of Section 20 of the Contempt of Courts Act, even if this application is to be allowed, the Court will not be in a position to take cognizance of the contempt. As per 2 Section 20 of the Contempt of Courts Act, no Court shall initiate any proceeding for contempt either on its own motion or otherwise after expiry of a period of one year from the date on which the contempt alleged to have been committed. In view of this, there is no point in allowing this application for condonation of delay. Hence, this application is dismissed. Date : 24.07.2009 [P.R. BORKAR,J.] snk/2009/JUL09/ca1037.01