In a contempt petition filed under Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, the complainant requested to withdraw the petition with liberty to seek alternative legal remedies. The court allowed the withdrawal and dismissed the petition accordingly.
Contempt petition dismissed as withdrawn; liberty granted to complainant to workout remedy.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
DATED THIS THE 13TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2022
PRESENT
THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE B.VEERAPPA
AND
THE HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE K.S.HEMALEKHA
C.C.C. NO.1061/2019 (CIVIL)
BETWEEN:
MRS INDIRA NADIG WIFE OF DR. RAMACHANDRA GUNDURAO NADIG AGED ABOUT 72 YEARS, (SENIOR CITIZEN) RESIDENT OF NO.19, 18TH CROSS, MALLESWARAM, BANGALORE-560 055.
...COMPLAINANT
(BY SRI.JOSHUA HUDSON SAMUEL, ADVOCATE)
AND:
…ACCUSED
THIS CCC IS FILED UNDER SECTION 12 OF THE CONTEMPT OF COURTS ACT, BY THE COMPLAINANT, WHEREIN HE PRAYS TO HOLD THE ACCUSED NO.1 TO 2 GUILTY OF CONTEMPT FOR WILLFUL DISOBEDIENCE OF THE ORDERS PASSED BY THIS HON'BLE COURT DATED 03.12.2001, IN W.P.NO.9517/1999 AND 10875-892/1999, WRIT APPEAL NO.679/2002 AND 3479 TO 96/2002 C/W 680/2002 & 34973514/2002 DATED 26.03.2004 AND R.P.247 OF 2006 DATED 12.08.2005 AND IN CIVIL APPEAL NO.6220/2009 AND CONNECTED MATTERS DATED 18.11.2015 AND CONSEQUENTLY TO PENALIZE THEM WITH IMPRISONMENT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW.
THIS CCC COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, B.VEERAPPA J ., PASSED THE FOLLOWING:
O R D E R
After hearing the learned counsel for the complainant, when this Court posed question with regard to maintainability of the contempt petition, learned counsel for the complainant seeks permission to withdraw the petition with the liberty to work out the remedy in accordance with law and to that effect, he has filed a memo.
record.
dismissed as withdrawn with the liberty to the complainants to workout its remedy, if any, in accordance with law.
In view of dismissal of the main petition, I.A.No.2/2020 for condonation of delay stands dismissed.
Sd/JUDGE
Sd/JUDGE
MBM
Mrs. Indira Nadig
Rakesh Singh
Dr. J. Ravishankar
B.Veerappa
K.S.Hemalékha
As recorded by the court registry
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