Civil contempt petition alleging willful disobedience of a 2015 High Court order in RSA No.1053/2014 by the Special Land Acquisition Officer, KIADB. The court held initiation was beyond the one-year limit under Section 20 and dismissed the petition on limitation and merits.
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NC: 2024:KHC:8624-DB CCC No. 667 of 2019
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
DATED THIS THE 1ST DAY OF MARCH, 2024
PRESENT
THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.SOMASHEKAR
AND
THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAJESH RAI K
CIVIL CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 667 OF 2019
BETWEEN:
Digitally signed by K S RENUKAMBA Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA
…COMPLAINANTS
(BY SRI. MANOJ B.M, ADVOCATE-ABSENT)
AND:
P.V. POORNEMA, AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS, THE SPECIAL LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER KIADB OFFICE, KHANIJA BHAVAN, 5TH FLOOR, RACE COURSE ROAD, BANGALORE-560 009.
…ACCUSED
THIS CCC IS FILED UNDER SECTION 11 AND 2 OCNTEMPT OF COURTS COURT ACT, BY THE COMPLAINANT, WHEREIN HE PRAYS THAT THE HONBLE HIGH COURT BE PLEASED TO SUMMON THE RESPONDENT/ACCUSED BEFORE THIS HONBLE COURT TO ANSWER THE ABOVE CHARGES AND AFTER HEARING, BE PLEASED TO PUNISH FOR THEIR GROSS AND WILLFUL DISOBEDIENCE AND CONTEMPT OF COURT BY VIOLATING THE ORDER DATED 18.09.2015 IN RSA NO.1053/2014 AS PER ANNEXURE-B.
THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, K.SOMASHEKAR , J., MADE THE FOLLOWING:
ORDER
Learned counsel Sri Manoj B.M., for the complainants is on record, but there is no representation either through video conferencing or present before the Court physically.
"20. Limitation for actions for contempt - No court shall initiate any proceedings of contempt, either on its own motion or otherwise, after the expiry of a period of one year from the date on which the contempt is alleged to have been committed."
initiated within a span of 12 months i.e., 1 year.
hereby dismissed both on limitation as well as on merits.
Sd/JUDGE
Sd/JUDGE
HKV List No.: 1 Sl No.: 2
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the contempt petition was barred by the one-year limitation under Section 20 of the Contempt of Courts Act for alleged disobedience of the order dated 18.09.2015 in RSA No.1053/2014.
2 provisions across 1 enactments
Nanjappa
Anjinappa
P.V. Poornema
K. Somashekar
Rajesh Rai K
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