C H Nagesh v. Sri Yogananda C
Case brief
What is this about?
CCC No. 711 of 2024 (Civil), High Court of Karnataka, Division Bench (N. V. Anjaria, CJ and M. I. Arun, J), decided 10.03.2025. Contempt complaint by C.H. Nagesh against Yogananda C, Commissioner, Hassan City Municipality under Ss. 11 and 12, Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, for non-compliance of order dated 15.12.2023 in CCP No. 352/2023 enforcing the Single Judge's direction (order dt. 06.12.2021) to consider representation dated 05.08.2020. Compliance found in order dated 06.11.2024; plea of violation of Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act and Karnataka Municipalities Act rejected as going to merits; petition disposed of without punishment, liberty to challenge the 06.11.2024 order independently.
What did the court decide?
No punishment imposed; the contempt petition was disposed of as not surviving, with liberty reserved to the complainant to institute appropriate independent proceedings challenging the order dated 06.11.2024, on which the court expressed no opinion on merits.