Sri. Kamalesh G Harijan v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court civil contempt case CCC No. 610 of 2023 (NC: 2025:KHC:37877-DB), decided 18.09.2025 by Anu Sivaraman and Rajesh Rai K, JJ. Filed under Article 215 of the Constitution of India and Sections 11 and 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 by complainant Kamalesh G Harijan against the State of Karnataka (Social Welfare), P. Manivannan IAS (Education), Naveenkumar Raju IAS (KREIS) and Suralkar Vikas Kishor (KPSC) for alleged wilful disobedience of directions dated 15.2.2023 in WP No. 1242/2022. Counsel for both sides submitted that the directions stood complied with and the affidavit was on record; the court closed the contempt case with no sanction imposed. Useful as an example of contempt closure on demonstrated compliance.
What did the court decide?
None - the contempt case was closed upon confirmation that the directions had been complied with; no punishment was imposed on any accused.