Sri H S Venkatesh Murthy v. Mr Girish I a S
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court civil contempt (CCC No.678/2021 c/w CCC No.677/2021) by H S Venkatesh Murthy and H V Ramanaraju against Deputy Commissioner, Assistant Commissioner/LAO, CEO Town Municipal Corporation and Executive Engineer, Hassan, for wilful disobedience of writ orders dated 22.02.2021 in W.P.No.181/2020 and W.P.No.50178/2019; petitions disposed as not surviving after Supreme Court order dated 18.03.2025 in SLP (C) No.15731/2022 c/w SLP No.15996/2022 reversed the charge-framing order dated 28.07.2022; Contempt of Courts Act Sections 11 and 12; Article 215 Constitution; bench K.S. Mudagal (author) and P Sree Sudha.
What did the court decide?
In view of the Hon'ble Supreme Court's order dated 18.03.2025 allowing the accused's appeals, reversing the framing-of-charges order dated 28.07.2022 and disposing of these contempt petitions, the complaints do not survive for consideration and stand disposed of accordingly.