Three civil contempt petitions challenging non-compliance with Single Judge orders were filed. The accused admitted full compliance via affidavits. The Court held no issue survives and disposed of the complaints.
The three civil contempt petitions were disposed off as the accused had admitted compliance with the interim orders.
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NC: 2023:KHC:37474-DB CCC No. 111 of 2023 C/W CCC No. 1061 of 2022 CCC No. 1139 of 2022
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 13TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2023
PRESENT
THE HON'BLE MR PRASANNA B. VARALE, CHIEF JUSTICE
AND
THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE KRISHNA S DIXIT
CIVIL CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 111 OF 2023 C/W CIVIL CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 1061 OF 2022 CIVIL CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 1139 OF 2022
IN CCC No.111/2023:
BETWEEN:
Digitally signed by SHARADA VANI B
Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA
DR. RAJU HN, AGED ABOUT 32 YEARS, S/O NARAYANA, WORKING AS ICMO DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIA, BANGALORE MEDICAL COLLEGE & RESEARCH INSTITUTE, BANGALORE, RESIDING AT No.5, VALAGEREDODDI, HALAGUR HOBLI, MALAVALLI TALUK, MANDYA DISTRICT 560 097.
…COMPLAINANT (BY SMT. AKKAMAHADEVI HIREMATH.,ADVOCATE)
AND:
DR. RAVI K, DIRECTOR AND DEAN, BANGALORE MEDICAL COLLEGE & RESEARCH INSTITUTE, BANGALORE AUTONOMOUS INSTITUTE, K R ROAD, FORT, BANGALORE 560 002.
…ACCUSED
(BY SRI. P S MALIPATIL.,ADVOCATE)
THIS CCC IS FILED UNDER SECTIONS 11 AND 12 OF THE CONTEMPT OF COURTS ACT, 1971, R/W ARTICLE 215 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, PRAYING TO INITIATE THE CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE ACCUSED AND PUNISH THE ACCUSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW FOR HAVING WILLFULLY DISOBEYED THE ORDER DATED 13.9.2022 PASSED IN WP NO.11069/2022 (EDN) PRODUCED AS ANNEXURE-A.
IN CCC No.1061/2022:
BETWEEN :
DR. VARSHA. D D/O DR. DEVADASS, AGED ABOUT 32 YEARS, WORKING AS ICMO, DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIA, BANGALORE MEDICAL COLLEGE & RESEARCH INSTITUTE, BANGALORE. R/O NO. 47, 6TH CROSS, GANESHNAGAR, TELECOM LAYOUT MAIN ROAD, VIDYARANYAPURA POST, BANGALORE 560 097.
…COMPLAINANT
(BY SMT. AKKAMAHADEVI HIREMATH., ADVOCATE)
AND:
DR. RAVI. K, DIRECTOR AND DEAN, BANGALORE MEDICAL COLLEGE & RESEARCH INSTITUTE, BANGALORE. AUTONOUMOUS INSTITUTE, KR ROAD, FORT, BANGALORE 560 002.
…ACCUSED
(BY SRI. P S MALIPATIL., ADVOCATE)
THIS CCC IS FILED UNDER SECTIONS 11 AND 12 OF THE CONTEMPT OF COURT ACT, 1971 R/W ARTICLE 215 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, PRAYING TO INITIATE THE CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE ACCUSED AND PUNISH THE ACCSUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW FOR HAVING WILLFULLY DISOBEYED THE ORDER DATED 13.9.2022 PASSED IN WP NO.10671/2022 (EDN-RES) PRODUCED AS
NC: 2023:KHC:37474-DB CCC No. 111 of 2023 C/W CCC No. 1061 of 2022 CCC No. 1139 of 2022
ANNEXURE-A.
IN CCC No.1139/2022:
BETWEEN:
DR NIVEDEETHA K W/O PRASANNA KUMAR K P, AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS, WORKING AS ICMO, DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIA, BANGALORE MEDICAL COLLEGE & RESEARCH INSTITUTE, BANGALORE. R/O NO.17, IST MAIN ROAD, 9TH CROSS, BYRAVESHWARANAGAR, NAGARABHAVI MAIN ROAD, BANGALORE-560 072.
…COMPLAINANT
(BY SMT. AKKAMAHADEVI HIREMATH., ADVOCATE)
AND:
DR .RAVI K, DIRECTOR & DEAN, BANGALORE MEDICAL COLLEGE & RESEARCH INSTITUTE, BANGALORE, AUTONOMOUS INSTITUTE, K R ROAD, FORT, BANGALORE-560 002.
…ACCUSED
(BY SRI.P S MALIPATIL., ADVOCATE)
THIS CCC IS FILED UNDER SECTIONS 11 AND 12 OF THE CONTEMPT OF COURTS ACT, 1971, R/W ARTICLE 215 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PARYING TO INITIATE THE CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE ACCUSED AND PUNISH THE ACCUSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW FOR HAVING WILLFULLY DISOBEYED THE ORDER DATED 13.09.2022 PASSED IN W.P.NO.10997/2022 (EDN-RES), PRODUCED AS ANNEXURE-A.
THESE CCC’s COMING ON FOR ORDERS THIS DAY, CHIEF JUSTICE MADE THE FOLLOWING:
ORDER
In all these cases, the complaint is as to noncompliance of the orders of the learned Single Judge made in W.P.No.11069/2022, W.P.No.10672/2022 & W.P.No.10997/2022, all disposed off by separate orders evenly dated 13.9.2022. The direction was to relieve the complainants from the duties and thereby, enable them to prosecute their P.G. course in the respective branches of Medicine, as in-service candidates.
In the above circumstances, there being due compliance of the orders passed in the subject Writ Petitions, nothing more survives for consideration in these complaints of contempt and accordingly, the same are disposed off.
Sd/CHIEF JUSTICE
Sd/JUDGE
CBC
List No.: 1 Sl No.: 19
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the accused could be punished for contempt after admitting compliance with the single judge orders via affidavits.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Dr. Raju Hn
Dr. Varsha D
Dr. Nivedeetha K
Dr. Ravi K
Prasanna B. Varale
Krishna S Dixit
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