Civil contempt petition alleging wilful disobedience of a High Court order dated 16.03.2023 in W.P.No.5926/2023. Government Advocate filed a compliance affidavit with an order dated 14.02.2024 rejecting the complainant's request; not refuted. Court closed the petition with liberty to challenge that order.
This page shows the compact analysis of this judgement. The full analysis — procedural history, issue-by-issue holdings with ratio and obiter, advocates, and paragraph-level evidence for every claim — is being added to the record in batches and will appear here when this judgement has been through it.
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
DATED THIS THE 21ST DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2024
PRESENT
THE HON'BLE MR P.S.DINESH KUMAR, CHIEF JUSTICE
AND
THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE T.G. SHIVASHANKARE GOWDA
CIVIL CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 1190 OF 2023
BETWEEN:
LAKKANNA D.R. AGED ABOUT 38 YEARS S/O SRI RAMANNA R/AT NO. 105 DODDAMADHURE VILLAGE AND POST YEDIYUR HOBLI KUNIGAL TALUK TUMKUR DISTRICT2-572 142 ...COMPLAINANT
(BY SHRI.K.B.NARAYANA SWAMY, ADVOCATE)
AND:
Digitally signed by YASHODHA N Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA
(BY SHRI S.S.MAHENDRA, GOVERNMENT ADVOCATE)
THIS CCC IS FILED UNDER SECTIONS 11 AND 12 OF THE CONTEMPT OF COURTS ACT, 1971, PRAYING TO ISSUE SUMMONS TO THE
NC: 2024:KHC:7445-DB CCC No. 1190 of 2023
RESPONDENT/ACCUSED AND PROCEED AGAINST HIM FOR COMMITTING AN ACT OF CONTEMPT BY DELIBERATELY AND WILLFULLY DISOBEYING AND DISRESPECTING THE ORDER DATED 16.03.2023 PASSED IN W.P.NO.5926/2023, AS AT ANNEXURE-K AND ETC.,
THIS CCC, COMING ON FOR FINAL HEARING, THIS DAY,
CHIEF JUSTICE MADE THE FOLLOWING:
ORDER
Shri S.S.Mahendra, learned Government Advocate has filed a compliance affidavit along with Annexure-R1, Government Order dated 14.02.2024 rejecting complainant’s request and submitted that nothing further survives in this CCC.
No costs.
Sd/CHIEF JUSTICE
Sd/JUDGE
AV/List No.: 1 Sl No.: 45
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the respondents wilfully disobeyed the order dated 16.03.2023 in W.P.No.5926/2023 so as to constitute civil contempt?
2 provisions across 1 enactments
Lakkanna D.R.
Sri Mohamad Mohsin, IAS
State of Karnataka
P.S. Dinesh Kumar
T.G. Shivashankare Gowda
As recorded by the court registry
Judgements on the same questions, provisions and authorities, from every court
