K L J a Kiran Babu v. Ms Neelam Dhawan
Case brief
What is this about?
NC: 2025:KHC:8944; WP No. 31459 of 2013 (GM-RES), High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru, decided 3 March 2025 by Justice Suraj Govindaraj (single judge, oral order). Petitioner K L J A Kiran Babu appeared in person and was absent; Respondent 1 is Ms Neelam Dhawan for the Management of Hewlett-Packard Global Soft Private Limited (counsel K.R. Anand) and Respondent 2 is the C.B.I. (counsel Hegde Devaru Ganapathi). Prayer: direct the CBI to register the case without further delay; petition instituted under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution r/w IPC Ss. 34, 37, 120B, 193, 325, 355, 370, 374, 30K7, 364, 387, 506 and 511. Held: petition dismissed for non-prosecution as notice was returned 'no such person'; liberty to seek revival on appearance. Keywords: direction to CBI to register case, non-prosecution dismissal, party-in-person absence, revival liberty, writ petition.
What did the court decide?
Liberty reserved to the petitioner (party-in-person) to seek revival of the petition in the event of appearance.