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Contempt of court - Giriraj Kishore 96 years- not in a position to respond to the query because of hearing impairment and feeble mental condition. - Apex court held that We are also not oblivious of the fact that the Court was not satisfied prima facie with the initial response filed by contemner No. 3, Giriraj Kishore and ordered on 06.05.1994 to initiate the contempt proceedings against respondent Nos. 1 to 3. But, the fact of the matter is that despite the order passed on 06.05.1994, the notice accompanied by charges on contemner No. 3 has not been served so far. In this view of the matter, at this distance of time, when the subject matter remained dormant for almost two decades and now contemner No.3 is 96 years and he is not able to respond to the charges due to old age and illness, we do not think that this is a fit case where we should deal with the matter further. - closed the contempt case = CONTEMPT PETITION (CRL.) NO. 2 OF 1994 Rajeev Dhawan …… Petitioner Vs. Gulshan Kumar Mahajan & Ors. …… Respondents = 2014 July. Part – http://judis.nic.in/supremecourt/filename=41785