Contempt notice for non-compliance with release order over detained goods after payment and bank guarantee compliance.

Goods remained detained despite payment of the adjudicated sums and compliance with the earlier direction requiring release on receipt of the specified sums and bank guarantee. The court treated the continued detention as possible non-compliance with its prior order and required the concerned officers to explain why contempt proceedings under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 should not be initiated. A notice to show cause against contempt was therefore issued in relation to the alleged failure to release the goods forthwith.

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Issues: Whether contempt notice should be issued for alleged non-compliance with the earlier direction for release of the goods.

Analysis: The goods had been detained, the adjudicated amounts had been paid, and an earlier order had directed release of the goods forthwith on receipt of the specified sums and bank guarantee. As the goods were still not released, the Court treated the matter as one of possible non-compliance and required the concerned officers to explain why proceedings under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 should not be initiated.

Conclusion: Notice was issued calling upon the concerned officers to show cause against contempt proceedings for non-compliance of the earlier order.

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