The High Court of Karnataka dismissed the Civil Contempt Petition filed under Sections 11 and 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, noting it was filed for willful disobedience of an interim order but was subsequently withdrawn.
Contempt petition dismissed as withdrawn and devoid of any merit.
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CCC No. 195 of 2020
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
DATED THIS THE 1ST DAY OF DECEMBER, 2022
PRESENT
THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B.VEERAPPA
AND
THE HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE K. S. HEMALEKHA
CIVIL CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 195 OF 2020
BETWEEN:
…COMPLAINANT
(BY SRI. B. M. HALASWAMY., ADVOCATE)
AND:
Digitally signed by GAVRIBIDANUR SUBRAMANYA GUPTA SREENATH Location: High Court of Karnataka
…ACCUSED
(BY SRI KIRAN KUMAR, HCGP)
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THIS CCC IS FILED UNDER SECTIONS 11 AND 12 OF THE CONTEMPT OF COURTS ACT, BY THE COMPLAINANT, PRAYING TO INITIATE CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE ACCUSED FOR WILLFUL DISOBEDIENCE OF THE ORDER DATED 07.12.2018 PASSED IN THE WRIT PETITION NO.50068/2018 AT ANNEXURE-A AND PUNISH THE ACCUSED PERSON FOR VIOLATING THE COURT ORDERS.
THIS CCC COMING ON FOR ORDERS THIS DAY, B.VEERAPPA J., MADE THE FOLLOWING:
O R D E R
The complainant filed the present contempt petition to take action against the accused under the provisions of Sections 11 and 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 for willful and deliberate disobedience of the interim order dated 7.12.2018 made in Writ Petition No.50068/2018, wherein the learned Single Judge of this Court stayed the impugned notice dated 4.10.2018 and directed the accused to continue the complainant in service until further orders.
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the impugned notice dated 4.10.2018 would be withdrawn. Placing the memo on record and in the light of the statement made in the memo that the impugned notice would be withdrawn, the writ petition came to be disposed off as having become infructuous.
memo for withdrawal of the contempt petition.
is placed on record.
O R D E R
and also as devoid of any merit.
Sd/JUDGE
Sd/JUDGE
GSS
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Thipparaju M. C.
Dr. Mamatha B. R.
B. Veerappa
K. S. Hemalekha
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