This contempt petition challenged non-observance of an interim order in W.P. No.9810/2020. The court examined affidavits affirming compliance with the order and observed that no case was made out for contempt proceedings.
The petition was disposed of as no case was made out for contempt proceedings.
This page shows the compact analysis of this judgement. The full analysis — procedural history, issue-by-issue holdings with ratio and obiter, advocates, and paragraph-level evidence for every claim — is being added to the record in batches and will appear here when this judgement has been through it.
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
DATED THIS THE 4TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2021
PRESENT
THE HON’BLE MR.ABHAY S. OKA, CHIEF JUSTICE
AND
THE HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE SACHIN SHANKAR MAGADUM
C.C.C NO.527 OF 2020 (CIVIL)
BETWEEN:
PROP. B.N.VEGETABLE SALE
SHOP No.33, CENTRAL VEGETABLE MARKET ROAD MANGALURU – 575 041 D.K.DISTRICT
(BY SHRI D.R.RAVISHANKAR, ADVOCATE)
AND:
MANGALURU CITY POLICE DAKSHINA KANNADA DISTRICT MANGALURU – 575 001
... ACCUSED
(SHRI KIRAN KUMAR, HCGP FOR ACCUSED NOS.,1, 3 AND 4 SHRI K.V.NARASIMHAN, ADVOCATE FOR ACCUSED No.2)
THIS CCC IS FILED UNDER SECTIONS 11 AND 12 OF THE CONTEMPT OF COURTS ACT, 1971 PRAYING TO TAKE COGNIZANCE OF CONTEMPT OF COURT COMMITTED BY THE ACCUSED AND FURTHER PLEASE TO PUNISH THE ACCUSED FOR COMMITTING THE CONTEMPT OF COURT OF THIS HON’BLE COURT BY DISOBEYING THE INTERIM ORDER PASSED BY THIS HON’BLE COURT IN W.P.NO.9810/2020 DATED 11.09.2020 PRODUCED AT ANNEXURE-A TO THIS CONTEMPT PETITION AND ETC.
THIS CCC COMING ON FOR ORDERS THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCING THIS DAY, CHIEF JUSTICE MADE THE FOLLOWING:
ORDER
Heard the learned counsel appearing for the complainants and the learned counsel appearing for the accused.
the accused No.2 has filed an affidavit setting out all the factual details and has claimed that there is no breach of the order. The photographs are annexed thereto.
Sd/CHIEF JUSTICE
Sd/JUDGE
AHB
1 issue framed by the court
Whether non-attendance to interim order warrants contempt proceedings under Sections 11 and 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
B.K. Ismail and others
Rajendra Kumar K.V. and others
Abhay S. Oka
Sachin Shankar Magadum
As recorded by the court registry
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