{"id":50479,"date":"2017-11-11T10:20:36","date_gmt":"2017-11-11T04:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=50479"},"modified":"2017-11-11T10:20:36","modified_gmt":"2017-11-11T04:50:36","slug":"kerala-hc-orders-arrest-woman-ias-officer-contempt-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/kerala-hc-orders-arrest-woman-ias-officer-contempt-case","title":{"rendered":"Kerala HC orders arrest of woman IAS officer in contempt case"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_41808\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41808\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/The-Kerala-Court.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"41808\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/police-chief-can-appoint-officer-to-probe-outside-jurisdiction\/the-kerala-court\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/The-Kerala-Court.jpg?fit=306%2C165&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"306,165\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Kerala Court\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/The-Kerala-Court.jpg?fit=306%2C165&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-41808 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/The-Kerala-Court.jpg?resize=300%2C162&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kerala HC orders arrest of woman IAS officer in contempt case\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/The-Kerala-Court.jpg?resize=300%2C162&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/The-Kerala-Court.jpg?w=306&amp;ssl=1 306w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41808\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kerala HC orders arrest of woman IAS officer in contempt case<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Kerala High Court today ordered the arrest of a woman IAS officer in connection with a contempt plea after she did not appear in the court as directed earlier.<\/p>\n<p>A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Antony Dominic and Justice Dama Seshadri Naidu gave the direction to police after A Shanimol, Managing Director of Kerala Water Authority (KWA), failed to appear.<\/p>\n<p>The bench also directed the police to produce her in the court on November 15.<\/p>\n<p>The bench also rejected a plea by the officer seeking exemption from appearing in person.<\/p>\n<p>The court gave the order while hearing a contempt of the court petition filed by a Chennai-based firm alleging that the officer failed to implement a single bench order directing increase of amount of a contract work of the KWA.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kerala High Court today ordered the arrest of a woman IAS officer in connection with a contempt plea after she did not appear in the court as directed earlier. 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