Criminal Contempt of Court petition filed for disobedience of a court order. The court noted that the complainant's counsel withdrew the petition due to subsequent developments. The petition was accordingly allowed to lapse without consideration on merits.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
DATED THIS THE 10TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2022
PRESENT
THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE B.VEERAPPA
AND
THE HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE K.S.HEMALEKHA
C.C.C. No.208/2020 (CIVIL)
BETWEEN:
SMT. LAKSHMAMMA W/O. LATE BAYYAREDDY C/O. VIJAY GOPAL, AGED 63 YEARS, NO.125, 2ND MAIN ROAD, BHARATHI LAYOUT, S.G. PALYA, DRC POST, BANGALORE – 560 029. ... COMPLAINANT
(BY SRI M.V.V. RAMANA, ADVOCATE FOR SMT. SANDHYA U. PRABHU, ADVOCATE (V.C.))
AND:
AMIT MASEKAR, THE AUTHORIZED OFFICER, PHOENIX ARC PVT. LTD., DANI CORPORATE PARK, 5TH FLOOR, 158, C.S.T. ROAD, KALINA SANTACRUZ (E) MUMBAI – 400 098. ... ACCUSED
THIS CCC IS FILED UNDER ARTICLE 215 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA R/W SECTIONS 11 AND 12 OF THE CONTEMPT OF COURT ACT, BY THE COMPLAINANT, WHEREIN
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HE PRAYS THAT THE HON’BLE COURT BE PLEASED TO INITIATE CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS AND PUNISH THE ACCUSED FOR GROSS DISOBEDIENCE OF THE ORDERS DATED 19/02/2019 PASSED BY THIS HON’BLE COURT IN W.P.NO.7310/2019, W.P.NOS.8641-42/2019 (GM-RES).
THIS CCC COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, B.VEERAPPA J ., PASSED THE FOLLOWING:
O R D E R
The complainant has filed the present Civil Contempt Petition against the accused to take action under the provisions of Sections 11 and 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act for willful disobedience of the order dated 19.02.2019 passed by the learned Single Judge made in W.P. No.7310/2019 and W.P. Nos.8641-42/2019, wherein the learned Single Judge while disposing of the petitions reserved liberty to the petitioner to file an application under Section 17 of the Act before the Tribunal along with an application for interim relief within a period of two days from the date of order, the Tribunal after affording an opportunity of hearing to respondent No.1 and all necessary parties,
shall decide the application for interim relief by a speaking order on or before 28.02.2019.
submits that Smt. Sandhya U. Prabhu, learned counsel for the complainant instructed him to withdraw the present contempt petition in view of subsequent developments.
would not survive for consideration.
SD/JUDGE
SD/JUDGE
MBM
2 provisions across 2 enactments
LAKSHMAMMA W/O. LATE BAYYAREDDY
AMIT MASEKAR
B.VEERAPPA
K.S.HEMALEKHA
As recorded by the court registry
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