Smt Saraswati W/O Vasant Madava Hegadekatte v. the Deputy Commissioner
Case brief
What is this about?
NC: 2025:KHC-D:12394-DB; CCC No. 100071 of 2025; High Court of Karnataka Dharwad Bench; civil contempt; Contempt of Courts Act 1971 Sections 10, 11, 12; wilful disobedience; WP No.107044/2023 (LB-RES); order dated 14.02.2024; mandamus; representations 18.08.2017, 20.04.2019; legal notice 2.05.2023; communication dated 9.9.2025; substantial compliance; contempt proceedings dropped; liberty to challenge communication; Deputy Commissioner Uttara Kannada; Chief Officer Town Panchayat Honnavar; Saraswati Hegadekatte; Ganapati M. Bhat; A.P. Hegde Janmane; V.S. Kalasurmath AGA; S.Sunil Dutt Yadav; Vijaykumar A.Patil; decided 18.09.2025.
What did the court decide?
Contempt proceedings dropped upon finding substantial compliance; liberty granted to the complainant to challenge the communication dated 9.9.2025, if so advised; pending applications disposed of as not surviving for consideration.