Mr. Charanesh v. Mr Umashankar
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What is this about?
Civil contempt petition CCC No. 835 of 2024, High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru, Division Bench (N. V. Anjaria, Chief Justice and M.I. Arun, J.), filed under Article 215 of the Constitution of India read with Sections 11 and 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, complaining of disobedience of the Single Judge's order dated 07.08.2023 in W.P. No. 17111/2023 (S-RES) directing a fresh decision after setting aside the endorsement dated 18.03.2019. Compliance shown through compliance affidavit, communication dated 12.09.2024 from Urban Development Department to Commissioner, Mangaluru City Corporation, and consequential endorsement dated 12.09.2024 declining the complainants' equal pay for equal work claim. Held to be compliance; contempt petition disposed of as not surviving; liberty to challenge the fresh decision in independent proceedings. Keywords: contempt, Article 215, compliance affidavit, equal pay for equal work, Mangaluru City Corporation, disposed of as not surviving.