Read the full judgment text of DCMP 004219/2004 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment was delivered on 7 December 2005.
1. The Plaintiff was injured in an industrial accident on 24 April 2002, and he wished to call the Defendant, who was his co-worker at the time of the accident, as his witness in his claim for employees’ compensation. However, after the issuance of the Writ of Subpoena, the Defendant failed to attend the trial starting on 22 November 2004. Hence, the Plaintiff brought the present contempt proceedings against the Defendant for refusing or failing to attend the trial in the relevant employees’ c