M/S Sajjan Super Bazar v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court (Bengaluru), CCC No. 4 of 2025, NC: 2025:KHC:21339-DB, decided 19 June 2025 by V Kameswar Rao, Acting Chief Justice, and C M Joshi, J. Civil contempt petition under Sections 11 and 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act alleging willful disobedience of the order dated 09.12.2024 in WP No.30781/2024; dismissed as withdrawn after complainant's counsel stated compliance. Complainant: M/s Sajjan Super Bazar (counsel Keerthi Prasad D C); accused officials: Ravindra P.N. (Deputy Commissioner), Prakash G.T. Nittalli (CEO, Zilla Panchayat), Munirathnamma (District Officer, Backward Classes Welfare), Chikkaballapura; State of Karnataka Backward Classes Welfare Department pro forma respondent (AGA Naveen Chandrahsekar; M.S. Devaraju for Accused No.3). Keywords: contempt, withdrawal, compliance, Contempt of Courts Act Sections 11 and 12.
What did the court decide?
None; the petition was dismissed as withdrawn after the complainant stated that the underlying order had been complied with.