After considering the application and the affidavit filed by Singh, Justice Hari Shankar observed that the defendant has no regard for the truth and that he was “resorting to misstatement after misstatement.”
The Court further said that the apology tendered in the affidavit was also unacceptable because it came from a person unwilling to disclose to the Court the exact quantity of Palbociclib which his company dealt with.
“Prima facie, therefore, this Court is of the view that the defendant, who has already been found guilty of wilful and contumacious disobedience, against which the defendant has not preferred any appellate or other remedy, is also unwilling to come clean before this Court or to disclose to this Court the amount of Palbociclib in which it has dealt,” the bench said.
The Court, therefore, held that Singh had committed wilful and contumacious contempt of court and rendered himself liable to punishment.
“Accordingly, in the interest of justice, the Court deems it appropriate to dispose of this application by directing Kamlesh Singh, the director of Defendants 1 and 2 to pay, to the plaintiff, an amount of ₹ 2,00,00,000/- within a period of two weeks from today, failing which he shall be taken into custody and detained in a civil prison for a period of two weeks at Tihar Jail, Delhi,” the Court ordered.
Source: Barandbench
