Meghalaya HC directs KHADC chief to appear in court

The Meghalaya High Court today directed Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) chief to be present during the hearing of a contempt of court plea against him on Monday.
The division bench headed by Chief Justice Uma Nath Singh and T N K Singh also directed East Khasi Hills district Superintendent of Police M Kharkrang to ensure the appearance of Adelbert Nongrum, the chief executive member of KHADC, in person during the hearing.
"He (Nongrum) seems not to exercise restraint. I direct him to appear in the court on Monday. East Khasi Hills police to ensure his appearance," the chief justice said during the hearing on the contempt charges against him today.

The bench also directed that no newspapers and no electronic media shall publish statements of the contemnor.
Nongrum was dragged to the court after he publicly made an allegedly derogatory statement earlier this year against the court lowering its image.