Sri Mahadevaiah B v. Sri Rajinish Goel
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 – Sections 11 and 12 read with Article 215 of the Constitution
Case brief
What is this about?
CCC No.6/2022 (NC: 2025:KHC:23479-DB), High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru, decided 01.07.2025 by Division Bench of K.S.Mudagal and P Sree Sudha, JJ. Complainants Mahadevaiah B (retired staff nurse) and Dr D Siddappa Swamy (retired government duty medical officer) against accused officials Rajinish Goel, Praveen Sood, Anil Kumar and Rakesh Singh; State of Karnataka proforma respondent; Mamatha Shetty AGA for A4/proforma respondent. Lease-cum-sale deed executed in terms of order in W.P.Nos.30201-30203/2012 (GM-RES); order dated 26.06.2025 recorded as complied; contempt proceedings dropped. Keywords: civil contempt, wilful disobedience, lease-cum-sale deed, Annexures-R1 to R4.
What did the court decide?
Proceedings against the accused dropped; compliance with the writ order (execution of lease-cum-sale deed in favour of the complainant) accepted and explanation for delay accepted.