Case: Rakesh Malhotra Through Attorney Holder Vs. Rajinder Kumar Malhotra &amp; Others

3. The appellant approached this Court aggrieved by the impugned orders dated 01.08.2016, 18.07.2016 and 17.06.2016 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Bombay in Appeal No.400 of 2016 in Contempt Petition NO.2 of 2015. As per the said order(s), on account of the allegedon the part of the appellant, the interim protection granted by the High Court against the order passed by the learned Single Judge in Contempt Petition was withdrawn and the appeal was dismissed.4. When the matter came up before this Court, on 28.10.2016 this Court passed the followingpetitioner is directed to appear before the Division Bench of the High Court on 15.11.2016. On the petitioner thus appearing before the High Court, we request the High Court to consider Appeal No.400 of 2016 on merits ignoring the order of dismissal already passed, forof the petitioner.It is made clear that till the appeal is thus disposed of by the High Court on merits, the petitioner shall not be arrested pursuant to the order dated 09.02.2016 passed by the learned Single Judge of the High Court.Post on 28.11.2016."

Court's reasoning:
6. In the above circumstances, there is no point in keeping these appeals any more pending before this Court.