New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Friday said it will hear on February 3 a plea by Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA) seeking the execution of the order directing Juhi Chawla and two others to deposit ₹ 20 lakh as costs in its favour on a lawsuit against the 5G technology.
Counsel for the Bollywood actress told Justice Amit Bansal that an appeal against the single judge order is pending before a division bench, which will be considered on January 25, and urged the court to defer hearing on the execution petition for the time being.
Lawyer Saurabh Kansal, appearing for DSLSA, submitted that the order imposing costs was passed in June and is yet to be complied with.
He claimed that the appeal against the order was filed only after DSLSA sent a notice for recovery and no stay has been granted by the division bench.
“Let us see what happens before the division bench,” said the court while deferring the hearing on the execution petition.
Lawyer Deepak Khosla, appearing for Ms Chawla and other respondents, stated that the single judge did not have the jurisdiction to impose costs.
In the execution petition filed through lawyers Saurabh Kansal and Pallavi S Kansal, DSLSA has sought “assistance” from the court by seeking issuance of warrants of attachment and sale of the movable and immovable properties for recovery or directions for civil imprisonment of Chawla and others.
“More than 7 months have passed since this Hon’ble court had imposed cost upon Plaintiffs (Chawla and others), which was directed to be paid within seven days to DSLSA, but the Plaintiffs have failed to deposit the cost imposed by this Hon’ble Court,” the plea submitted.
