Vinayaka Educational Trust, v. Mr. Tushar Girinath
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 – Sections 11 and 12 read with Article 215 of the Constitution of India
Case brief
What is this about?
CCC No. 502 of 2023, High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru, decision dated 28.01.2025, coram K. Somashekar and Venkatesh Naik T (order per K. Somashekar, J.). Civil contempt petition under Sections 11 and 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 read with Article 215 of the Constitution by Vinayaka Educational Trust (rep. by B. Suresh) against Tushar Girinath (Commissioner, BBMP), Dhananjay (Assistant Executive Engineer, BBMP) and G. Kumar Naik (Commissioner, Bengaluru Development Authority) for wilful disobedience of the Single Judge's order dated 23.11.2022 in W.P.No.10047/2019(BDA). With W.A.No.206/2023 filed by BBMP against the same order pending before a Division Bench, the contempt petition was dropped as not surviving for consideration, with liberty to the complainant to proceed in accordance with law. No precedent cases cited; no quantum involved.
What did the court decide?
Contempt petition dropped as it does not survive for consideration; liberty granted to the complainant to proceed with the matter in accordance with law.