Thilak G. v. Sri Ramesh Babu H N
Case brief
What is this about?
CCC No. 1199 of 2025, High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru (Division Bench), decided 15.06.2026. Complainants/coordinators Thilak G. (G.S. Groups of College, Yelahanka) and H.S. Chandrashekar (Sujala Education Academy, Hassan) versus former and present Directors of Distance Education (Ramesh Babu H N, Hiremani Naik.R, Jagannath K. Dange) and Registrar(Evaluation)s (Naveen Kumar S.K, S.M.Gopinath) of Kuvempu University. Contempt of Courts Act Sections 11 and 12 with Article 215 of the Constitution; alleged breach of order dated 31.07.2023 in W.P.No.13461/2023 (EDNRES); admissions granted per compliance affidavit; grievance over 90-day examination direction by Vice-Chancellor; result: no willful disobedience, complaint closed, substantive remedies preserved. Coram: Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru (authoring judge) and Mrs. Justice K.S. Hemalekha.
What did the court decide?
No punitive action; the contempt complaint was closed as no willful disobedience was found. The Court clarified that the complainants remain free to avail their substantive remedies if the grievance persists (including the asserted grievance that examinations directed by the Vice-Chancellor within 90 days had not been conducted).