Brajendra Singh Chauhan vs Giridhar Aramane - Contempt Of CAT - Writ Petition

Constitution of India - Article 226 ; Contempt Of Courts Act 1971 - Section 19 ; Administrative Tribunals Act 1985 - Section 17 - Maintainability of writ petition challenging order by Central Administrative Tribunal closing a contempt petition - Allahabad HC held that orders of the Tribunal under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 shall be appealable to the Supreme Court only within a period of 60 days from the date of the order and no writ petition is maintainable before the High Court - Allowing appeal, SC observed: An order holding that the respondents are not guilty of contempt was not an appealable order.- The only remedy and that too in exceptional cases to a person aggrieved by the order of the tribunal is to challenge the same by way of writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India before the High Court- Since the administrative tribunal is a tribunal subordinate to the High Court in its territorial jurisdiction, the High Court ought to have exercised its jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India.