Summary
In a contempt petition alleging wilful disobedience of its judgment dated 29 July 2022 in Civil Appeal No. 4987 of 2022, together with connected miscellaneous applications, the Supreme Court passed a short supplementary order. It added direction 18(v) to that judgment: the petitioner-husband shall take no coercive steps against the respondent-wife in any proceedings pending in the Superior Court of Washington, County of King, USA. It also directed the parties to file a joint application, signed by their counsel, before that court for a mirror order reflecting the judgment of 29 July 2022. The matter was listed after ten days for the mirror order to be placed on record.
Issues
- What further directions were needed to secure compliance with the judgment of 29 July 2022 in relation to proceedings pending in the Superior Court of Washington, County of King, USA
Held
- The directions in paragraph 18(i) to (iv) of the judgment dated 29 July 2022 were supplemented by direction 18(v), barring the petitioner-husband from taking any coercive steps against the respondent-wife in any proceedings pending in the Superior Court of Washington, County of King.
- The parties were to file a joint application, duly signed by their counsel, before the Superior Court of Washington, County of King, for mirroring the judgment dated 29 July 2022, and to place the mirror order on record.
Result
Directions issued. Direction 18(v) was added to the judgment of 29 July 2022, a joint application for a mirror order in the Washington court was directed, and the matter was listed after ten days.