A civil contempt petition alleging wilful disobedience of an interim order in RFA No.465/2017 was dismissed for non-prosecution as the complainants and counsel failed to cure office objections despite repeated opportunities.
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NC: 2024:KHC:44945-DB CCC No. 892 of 2022
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
DATED THIS THE 7TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2024
PRESENT
THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.SOMASHEKAR AND
THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAJESH RAI K CIVIL CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 892 OF 2022
BETWEEN:
W/O SRI P SRINIVAS, AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS, R/AT NO.47, 'SHUBA GRUHA, MUNIREDDY LAYOUT, MAHADEVAPURA POST, BENGALURU-560048 PRESENTLY R/AT MANJUNATHA NILAYAM, 2ND MAIN ROAD, NANDINI LAYOUT, B NARAYANAPURA, BENGALURU-560 016.
Digitally signed by SUMA B N Location: High Court of Karnataka
AGED ABOUT 63 YEARS, R/AT NO.16/17, SRI SAILAM, RAJA RAJESHWARI LAYOUT, PHASE-II, D V NAGAR POST, BENGALURU-560 016.
AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS, REPRESENTED BY HIS POWER OF ATTORNEY HOLDER, SRI K A ASHOKAN, S/O LATE AGNISARMAN NAMBOODIRI, AGED ABOUT 63 YEARS, NO.16/17, 'SRI SAILAM', RAJA RAJESHWARI LAYOUT, PHASE-II, D V NAGAR POST, BENGALURU-560 016.
(BY SRI. V JAVAHAR BABU, ADVOCATE-ABSENT)
…COMPLAINANTS
AND:
SRI N SHIVASHANKAR S/O LATE K NANJUNDAIAH, AGED ABOUT 63 YEARS, R/AT NO.33, 3RD CROSS, KASHI VISHWANATH LAYOUT, KRISHNARAJAPURAM, BENGALURU-560 036
…ACCUSED THIS CCC IS FILED UNDER SECTIONS 11 AND 12 OF THE CONTEMPT OF COURTS ACT, PLEASED TO SECURE THE PRESENCE OF THE ACCUSED BEFORE THIS HONBLE COURT AND THE ACCUSED BE PROCEEDED WITH FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT AND HE BE PUNISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW FOR WILFULL DISOBEDIENCE AND FLAGRANT VIOLATION OF THE INTERIM ORDER GRANTED BY THIS HONBLE COURT DATED 21.03.2017 IN RFA NO.465/2017.
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
ORAL ORDER
(PER: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.SOMASHEKAR)
Learned counsel Sri.V.Javahar Babu for complainant
is on record. But there is no representation either through video conferencing or present physically.
Courts Act in the year 2022. The matter is listed for the third time for non-compliance of office objections. Neither the counsel for complainant nor complainant has come forward to cure the defects, inspite of granting sufficient opportunities.
Hence, contempt petition is dismissed for nonprosecution.
SD/(K.SOMASHEKAR)
JUDGE
SD/(RAJESH RAI K) JUDGE
SBN
List No.: 1 Sl No.: 7
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Smt P Jyothi
Sri K A Ashokan
S Sathyanarayanan
Pushkaran C.V.
Mr Basava Punnaiah Talluri
Sri N Shivashankar
K. Somashekar
Rajesh Rai K
As recorded by the court registry
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