Sri S K Nithyananda v. Sri. Thushar Girinath
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court civil contempt, CCC No. 562 of 2024, decided 06.11.2025 by Anu Sivaraman and Vijaykumar A. Patil JJ. (order per Vijaykumar A. Patil J). Complainants Sri S K Nithyananda and Sri Shivashankar (counsel: Venkatachalapathi S K) against accused Sri Thushar Girinath (Commissioner, BBMP), Sri Narayanaswamy (Assistant Director Town Planning West, BBMP) and Sri Revanna (Assistant Executive Engineer, BBMP) (counsel: Karthikeyan B S). Alleged willful disobedience of order dated 05.02.2024 in W.P.No.26510/2023 (LBBBMP) concerning notice under Section 313 BBMP Act; compliance demonstrated through orders under Sections 248(1) to 248(3) and 356 BBMP Act; contempt proceedings dropped, notice discharged. Keywords: Contempt of Courts Act Sections 11, 12; BBMP Act Sections 313, 248, 356.
What did the court decide?
No punishment imposed; the present contempt proceedings are dropped and notice issued to the accused is discharged.