Md. Kamarudjama, Mandal Revenue ... vs Elaboina Ramesh And Others on 31 December, 1998
4. If the contemner is discharged, no appeal lies under Section 19(1) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. The said legal provision itself is clear in" that regard and further there is an authoritative pronouncement of the Supreme Court in D.J. Tone/a v. Bhajan Lal, 1988 (3) SCC 26. The dicta laid down in the said case by the Supreme Court was followed by this Court in several other cases, the first being in T. Vasantha Lakshmi v. Principal, APSWR School, 1992 (2) APLJ 77, which was further followed by later Division Benches in S.Sammaiah v. A.P.S.E.B., , and Mohd. Mahmood v. A. Ramalatefiman, 1995 j[l) ALD94. Thus the settled proposition of law is that no appeal lies under the Contempt of Courts Act against the discharge of the contemner.