: Ms.G.ROHINI, CHIEF JUSTICE
1. By the order under appeal dated 04.12.2014 the learned Single Judge vacated the interim order of status quo granted on 09.01.2014 in Contempt Case No.970 of 2013.
2. Aggrieved by the same, the petitioner in the Contempt Case preferred the present appeal under Clause 10 of the Letters Patent.
3. The learned counsel for the respondents, at the outset, raised an objection as to the maintainability of the appeal under Clause 10 of the Letters Patent contending that an appeal against an interim order passed in proceedings under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. To substantiate the said objection, the learned counsel placed reliance upon Parents Association of Students v. M.A. Khan, (2009) 2 SCC 64, VM Manohar Prasad v. N. Ratnam Raju, (2004) 13 SCC 610, R.N. Dey v. Bhagyabati Pramanik, (2000) 4 SCC 400 and Raj Singh Gehlot v. Pardiam Exports Ltd., 2010 (120) DRJ 80.