Smt. Michael Rani v. Sri. Arokia Swamy
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: civil contempt; Contempt of Courts Act Sections 11 and 12; willful disobedience; status quo order; RFA No. 1975/2024; order dated 10.12.2024; injunction breach; Order 39 Rule 2A CPC; Order 39 Rules 1 and 2 CPC; alternative remedy; complaint closed with liberty; learned Single Judge; High Court of Karnataka; CCC No. 1276 of 2025. Relevance: authority for the proposition that a complaint of breach of an ad-interim/status quo injunction order passed under Order XXXIX Rules 1 and 2 CPC should be pursued by way of an application under Order XXXIX Rule 2A CPC before the Single Judge rather than by a contempt petition; contempt allegation left unadjudicated.
What did the court decide?
Contempt complaint closed without adjudication; liberty granted to the complainants to approach the learned Single Judge in an appropriate application