1 conp-16-10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 16 OF 2010 Tirumala Hospitality Services Pvt Ltd. ...Petitioner. Versus Santosh Keshav Gunagarkar and anr. ...Respondents. WITH CRIMINAL CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 17 OF 2010 Tirumala Hospitality Services Pvt Ltd. ...Petitioner. Versus Anil Ganpat Gaikwad and Anr ... Respondents. WITH CRIMINAL CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 18 OF 2010 Tirumala Hospitality Services Pvt Ltd. ...Petitioner. Versus Vinod Rahul Suryavanshi and Anr ... Respondents. WITH CRIMINAL CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 19 OF 2010 Tirumala Hospitality Services Pvt Ltd. ...Petitioner. Versus 2 conp-16-10 Avinash Madhukar Awasarmal and Anr ...Respondents. WITH CRIMINAL CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 20 OF 2010 Tirumala Hospitality Services Pvt Ltd. ...Petitioner. Versus Sachin Ganpat Yadav and anr ...Respondents. ...... Shri J. P. Cama with Harshad Gokhale, Anupam Surve and Atman Mehta i/by M/s Haresh Mehta & Co. for the Petitioner. Respondents are present in person in the Court. Shri. P. A. Pol, Public Prosecutor for the State. CORAM:- A.M.KHANWILKAR AND A.R.JOSHI, JJ. DATED:- 1st February, 2011. P.C. 1. All these petitions are filed by the original respondent -a private limited company in proceedings filed before the Industrial Court at Pune alleging that irresponsible averments have been made by the respondents-contemners in the proceedings bearing Complaint (ULP) Nos. 151 to 155 of 2010, filed by them before the said Court constituting criminal contempt of Court. 2. After perusing the said proceedings this Court was of the prima facie view that the respondents have committed criminal contempt under section 2 (c) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, for which 3 conp-16-10 show cause notice was issued to each of the respondents-contemners. In response to the show cause notice, they have appeared before this Court in person. Initially, they filed affidavit to contest the proceedings, but realizing their mistake they decided to withdraw all allegations made by them in the proceedings filed before the Industrial Court, Pune and also to tender unconditional apology in the present petitions. Besides each of them have assured the Court that they will not indulge in similar gimmicks in future. 3. Considering the above scenario and the affidavits tendering unconditional apology filed on record; coupled with the fact that the respondents-contemners have realized their mistake and assure that in future they will not indulge in such act of commission or omission constituting criminal contempt, we discharge the show cause notice issued to each of the contemners-respondents. We place on record that the respondents-contemners have already taken steps to withdraw offending averments made in the proceedings before the Industrial Court, Pune and have amended the same pursuant to the order passed by that Court. 4. All the contempt petitions stand disposed of on the above terms. (A.R.JOSHI, J.) (A.M.KHANWILKAR, J.)