Shri. K. Shivakrishna S/O. K. Shivanageshwar Rao v. Prashant Kumar Mishra
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court Dharwad Bench (DB); CCC No.100281 of 2025; civil contempt; Contempt of Courts Act 1971 Ss.11 and 12; willful disobedience of WP No.107526/2024 (KLR-CON) dated 13.12.2024; conversion order; Sy. No.597/14, 01 acre, Ballari; Deputy Commissioner Ballari (Prashant Kumar Mishra); Tahasildar Ballari (Rekha); Assistant Commissioner Ballari (Pramod P.); endorsement; S.95(2)(i) Karnataka Land Revenue Act 1964 and proviso; Town Planning Authority; prescribed fee; Master Plan; Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act 1961 (Karnataka Act 11 of 1963); proceedings dropped; liberty to approach Planning Authority; Judges S. Sunil Dutt Yadav and Vijaykumar A. Patil; order dated 11.09.2025.
What did the court decide?
Contempt proceedings dropped; no punishment for contempt imposed; complainant given liberty to approach the Planning Authority to act in terms of the statutory mandate (proviso to S.95(2)(i), Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964).