V T Banu v. Pankaj Kumar Pande
Case brief
What is this about?
CCC No. 602 of 2023, High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru, decided 23.10.2025; civil contempt under Sections 11 and 12, Contempt of Courts Act 1971; V T Banu (retired KPCL employee) against Pankaj Kumar Pande, Managing Director, Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd; alleges disobedience of Single Judge order dated 23.3.2023 in WP No.12013/2021 (Annexure-A); compliance affidavit dated 09.08.2025 with bill payment details dated 08.08.2025; contempt petition closed, notice discharged; liberty reserved to complainant to avail other legal remedies; Bench: Anu Sivaraman and Vijaykumar A. Patil, JJ. (judgment per Anu Sivaraman, J.).
What did the court decide?
Prayer to initiate contempt proceedings not acceded to; contempt petition closed and notice discharged upon acceptance of the accused's compliance affidavit, with liberty reserved to the complainant to pursue remedies available in law for any subsisting grievance.