Sri Upendra Kumar a S v. Mr Pankaj Kumar Pandey
Case brief
What is this about?
CCC No. 1323 of 2024 (CIVIL), High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru, decided 07.01.2025 (NC: 2025:KHC:337-DB); oral judgment per Chief Justice N. V. Anjaria with Justice M.I. Arun. Keywords: contempt of courts act sections 11 and 12; willful contempt; non-compliance with Single Judge order 13.06.2023 in R.P.No.260/2023 in W.P.No.291/2023; KPTCL Managing Director Pankaj Kumar Pandey; Director (Administration and Human Resource) Vijay B.P.; BESCOM Superintendent Engineer B.L. Narasimha Murthy; promotion; Gradation lists dated 15.10.2022 and 19.10.2022; no time limit for compliance; petition not entertainable; compliance directed within twelve weeks failing which authority exposed to contempt; Station Mechanic Grade-I complainant Upendra Kumar A.S.; petition disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Contempt petition disposed of: no contempt (and no willful contempt) attributed to the respondents and the petition as filed not entertained; however, the competent authority was directed to comply with the learned Single Judge's observations and directions within twelve weeks, failing which the authority would be exposed to contempt.