Complainants sought contempt proceedings against land records officials for willful disobedience of a writ order requiring a survey sketch. The Government Advocate submitted the survey sketch had been furnished; compliance was found complete and the contempt proceeding was dropped.
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NC: 2024:KHC:42386-DB CCC No. 69 of 2022
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
DATED THIS THE 22ND DAY OF OCTOBER, 2024
PRESENT
THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.SOMASHEKAR
AND
THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAJESH RAI K
CIVIL CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 69 OF 2022
BETWEEN:
Digitally signed by HARIKRISHNA V Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA
…COMPLAINANTS
(BY SRI. P.D SURANA, ADVOCATE)
AND:
…ACCUSED
(BY SRI. DEVARAJ, C.H, GOV.ADVOCATE)
THIS CCC IS FILED UNDER SECTION 11 AND 12 OF CONTEMPT OF COURTS ACT, 1971, PRAYING TO INITIATE CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ACCUSED AS THE RESPONDENT HAS WILLFULLY DISOBEYED THE ORDER OF THIS HON’BLE COURT DATED 28.09.2021 MADE IN WP NO.17457/2021 (KLR-RR/SUR) AND PUNISH HIM FOR CONTEMPT OF THIS HON’BLE COURT.
THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:
CORAM: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.SOMASHEKAR and HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAJESH RAI K
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ORAL ORDER
(PER: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.SOMASHEKAR)
Learned counsel for the complainants, namely
Sri P.D. Surana, is present before the Court physically. Similarly, learned Government Advocate namely Sri Devaraj, for the respondents/State.
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is required. This kind of submission made by the learned counsel for the complainants is hereby deprecated.
learned Single Judge in the writ proceedings, which has been complied with by the respondents/State, there is no consequence to persuade this contempt proceeding. Accordingly, the contempt proceeding is dropped .
Sd/(K.SOMASHEKAR)
JUDGE
Sd/(RAJESH RAI K) JUDGE
List No.: 2 Sl No.: 5
KTY
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the respondents' furnishing of the survey sketch complied with the writ order dated 28.09.2021 so that the contempt proceeding could be closed.
2 provisions across 1 enactments
SHREE SIDDACHALSTHULBHADRA DHAM SHASANPRABHAVAK TRUST PARIWALA GUDDA
SRI.NAMICHANDLUKAD S/O ANRAJJI LUKAD
SRI.H.PRAKASHCHAND JI KOTHARI S/O P.HASTIMAL JI KOTHARI
SRI.B.INDERCHAND BOHRA S/O B.G.BHAWARLAL BOHRA
SRI.M.JAYACHANDCHUTTAR S/O MANGALCHAND JI CHUTTAR
SRI. A.S MANJUNATH, THE ASST. DIRECTOR OF LAND RECORDS DEVANAHALLI TALUK
K.SOMASHEKAR
RAJESH RAI K
As recorded by the court registry
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