Smt. Shashikala v. Sri Manivannan P
Case brief
What is this about?
Contempt of Court; CCC 156/2025; Sections 11 and 12 Contempt of Courts Act 1971; willful disobedience of High Court directions dated 04.07.2022; W.P.No.8442/2020 (S-RES) c/w W.P.No.5040/2020 (S-RES); reinstatement of staff nurse; Kittur Rani Channamma Residential School SC-488 Ghatboral Bidar; Social Welfare Department; KREIS Executive Director; petition does not survive; disposed; fresh cause of action on subsequent events; vakalathnama of C. Srinivasa for respondent No.2 accepted within one week.
What did the court decide?
No punitive or other substantive relief: the contempt petition was disposed of as not surviving following the statement of the complainant's reinstatement; it was observed that any subsequent event will give the complainant a fresh cause of action to seek relief in accordance with law; and the Office was directed to accept the vakalathnama of counsel for respondent No.2 if filed within one week.