Sri H Ananda Kumar v. Mr Natesh
Case brief
What is this about?
CCC No.297/2022; High Court of Karnataka, Bengaluru; decided 17 June 2025; coram K.S. Mudagal and P. Sree Sudha (Mudagal author); civil contempt under Article 215 Constitution and Sections 11 and 12, Contempt of Courts Act 1971; alleged wilful violation of order dated 27.09.2021 in W.P.No.1265/2021 by Mysuru Urban Development Authority officials - Commissioner Mr Natesh and Town Planning Member Mr Jayasimha; withdrawal memo by complainant Sri H Ananda Kumar (counsel Narayanaswamy.H); accused represented by T.P. Vivekananda; compliance reported - approved layout plan issued; proceedings dropped; pending IAs disposed; no contempt adjudicated; neutral citation NC: 2025:KHC:20697-DB.
What did the court decide?
The Court accepted the complainant's counsel's memo for withdrawal of the complaint, tendered on the stated ground that the accused had complied with the order in W.P.No.1265/2021 and had issued the approved layout plan. (The Court recorded no independent finding of contempt; the compliance assertion is counsel's submission which the Court accepted.)