Sri C Nagaraju v. Sri Selvakumar
Case brief
What is this about?
The High Court, on the submission that a Supreme Court order had set aside the impugned judgment forming the basis of the contempt order, dropped the civil contempt proceedings filed against the accused persons under the Contempt of Courts Act.
What did the court decide?
The civil contempt proceedings against the accused persons are dropped.
What the court decided
A compact analysis
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
DATED THIS THE 13TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2022
PRESENT
THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B. VEERAPPA
AND
THE HON’BLE Mrs. JUSTICE M.G. UMA
C.C.C.No.709/2013 (CIVIL)
BETWEEN:
SRI. C. NAGARAJU S/O LATE CHOWDAIAH, AGED ABOUT 63 YEARS, (FORMERLY WORKING AS JUNIOR ENGINEER(ELEC.)-KPTCL, NOW RETIRED FROM SERVICE ON 31.5.2008, RESIDING AT DOOR NO.245, 2ND CROSS, SUBHASH NAGAR, MYSORE - 570 007
...COMPLAINANT
(BY SRI. K. SUBBA RAO, SENIOR COUNSEL FOR SRI. SATHEESH K.N., ADVOCATE)
AND:
Issues for consideration
3 issues framed by the court
Whether civil contempt proceedings against the accused for disobeying an order must be continued in light of a Supreme Court order that set aside the impugned order.
Whether the subsequent setting aside of the impugned order by the Supreme Court justifies dropping the contempt proceedings.
Whether to drop the civil contempt petition filed under Sections 11 and 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971.
Coram
B. VEERAPPA
M.G. UMA
Case details
As recorded by the court registry
- Court
- Karnataka HC
- Decided on
- · January
- Registered
- Case no.
- CCC/709/2013
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