Dismissed¶¶33

Smt Vandana Bhakta v. Smt Indu M

Karnataka HC1 Apr 2026CCC/150/2025

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Keywords: civil contempt; Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 Sections 11 and 12; Article 215 Constitution of India; wilful disobedience; interim order dated 18.12.2024; Writ Petition No.34518/2024 (LB-RES); dispossession; due process of law; Right of First Refusal; auction; shop allotment; reserved category; Moodubidri Town Municipal Council; Chief Officer; President; complaint closed; liberty to agitate grievance. Outcome: contempt complaint dismissed/closed, no contempt found; no punishment imposed.

What did the court decide?

The action of the respondents does not fall foul of the order dated 18.12.2024 in Writ Petition No.34518/2024, the disobedience of which is complained of; consequently no contempt is made out and the complaint is closed. ¶¶33

Smt Vandana Bhakta Vs Smt Indu M — Contempt of Court | Karnataka HC (2026)

¶1

¶2

NC: 2026:KHC:17964-DB CCC No. 150 of 2025

¶3

HC-KAR

¶4

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU

¶5

DATED THIS THE 1^ST DAY OF APRIL, 2026

¶6

PRESENT

¶7

THE HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE

¶8

AND

¶9

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA CIVIL CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 150 OF 2025

¶10

BETWEEN:

¶11

SMT VANDANA BHAKTA W/O SRI RADHAKRISHNA BHAKTA AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS R/AT NO. 136, G V PAI NAGAR NEAR ROTARY ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOL PRANTHYA VILLAGE MOODABIDRI TALUK D K DISTRICT 574236

¶12

…COMPLAINANT

¶13

Digitally signed by VEERENDRA KUMAR K M Location: High Court of Karnataka

¶14

(BY SRI. RAJASHEKAR S, ADVOCATE)

¶15

AND:

¶16

SMT INDU M CHIEF OFFICER MOODUBIDRI TOWN MUNICIPAL COUNCIL NEAR GOVT HOSPITAL MOODUBIDRI D K DISTRICT 574 227

¶17

SMT. JAYASHREE PRESIDENT MOODUBIDRI TOWN

¶18

2 - NC: 2026:KHC:17964-DB CCC No. 150 of 2025

¶19

HC-KAR

¶20

MUNICIPAL COUNCIL NEAR GOVT HOSPITAL MOODUBIDIRI D K DISTRICT 574227

¶21

…ACCUSED

¶22

(BY SRI. K CHANDRANATH ARIGA, ADVOCATE FOR A1 & A2)

¶23

THIS CCC IS FILED UNDER R/W ARTICLE 215 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA R/W SECTION 11 AND 12 OF THE CONTEMPT OF COURTS ACT, 1971, BY THE COMPLAINANT, PRAYING TO INITIATE CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE ACCUSED PERSONS AND PUNISH THEM SUITABLY AND APPROPRIATELY FOR THE CONTEMPT OF COURT COMMITTED BY THE ACCUSED FOR NOT OBEYING THE ORDER DATED 18.12.2024 PASSED BY THIS HONBLE COURT IN WP NO.34518/2024 (LB-RES).

¶24

THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:

¶25

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA

¶26

ORAL ORDER

¶27

(PER: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE)

¶28

The complainant has filed the present complaint alleging wilful disobedience of the order dated 18.12.2024 passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in Writ Petition No.34518/2024. In terms

¶29

of the said order, the Court had passed an interim order to the effect that the complainant will not be dispossessed from the subject premises without due process of law. Additionally, the

¶30

3 - NC: 2026:KHC:17964-DB CCC No. 150 of 2025

¶31

HC-KAR

¶32

Court had noted that if the petitioner had participated in an auction or makes an offer in exercise of the ' Right of First Refusal' the petitioner shall not be prejudiced by the institution of the petition. Apparently, the petitioners offer for the shop in question has not been considered. Further, the petitioners have also not been afforded right of first refusal on the ground that the allocation of the shop in question was reserved for a reserved category and the petitioners do not belong to that category.

¶33

We note that the action of the respondents does not fall foul of the order, the disobedience of which is complained. The complaint is accordingly closed. We, however, clarify that this would not preclude the petitioners from agitating their grievance in accordance with law.

¶34

Sd/(VIBHU BAKHRU) CHIEF JUSTICE

¶35

Sd/(C.M. POONACHA) JUDGE

¶36

BS List No.: 1 Sl No.: 10

Smt Vandana Bhakta v. Smt Indu M

Case brief

What is this about?

What did the court decide?

Smt Vandana Bhakta v. Smt Indu M

Case brief

What is this about?

What did the court decide?

What the court decided

Issues for consideration

Statutes considered

Procedural history

Parties & counsel

Coram

Case details

Similar cases

Sri Krishna Naik S/O Ganesh Naik Vs Genesh Bharvi S/O Hoova Bharvi

H Prema Vs T Jagadeshwara Reddy

Sri H N Srinivasa Reddy Vs M/S Reliance General Insurance

Smt.Suvarna Vs Sri.Pankaj Kumar Pandey I.A.S

Sri Harish Vs Sri Rajiv B S

Shri T J Devaraj Vs Shanthagowda G Gunaki