K Sundara Bangera v. Sri T M Srinivasa
Case brief
What is this about?
CCC No. 1036 of 2025 (Civil Contempt Petition), High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru, decided 13.02.2026; coram: Vibhu Bakhru, CJ (author) and C.M. Poonacha, J. Complainant K. Sundara Bangera (counsel: M. Sudhakar Pai) alleged deliberate disobedience by Sri T.M. Srinivasa, Deputy Commissioner of Excise, Dakshina Kannada (accused; S.H. Raghavendra, AGA), of the final order dated 18.04.2024 in W.P. No. 10675/2024; the State of Karnataka was pro forma respondent. Per Vibhu Bakhru, CJ: since the order, disobedience of which is alleged, has been modified in W.A. No. 428/2025, the complaint does not survive and is closed. Statute invoked: Ss. 11 and 12, Contempt of Courts Act. No quantum or costs.
What did the court decide?
Complaint closed; no contempt proceedings initiated against the accused, as the order alleged to have been disobeyed stands modified in W.A. No. 428/2025.