T S Prakash v. Sri Munishami Reddy
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CCC No. 1542 of 2025 (NC: 2026:KHC:32673-DB), High Court of Karnataka, decided 01.07.2026 by Vibhu Bakhru, CJ (author) and K.S. Hemalekha, J. Civil contempt by T.S. Prakash against Special Tahsildar Munishami Reddy and Tahsildar Shreyas G.S., Yelahanka, Bengaluru North Taluk (State of Karnataka pro forma respondent), alleging willful disobedience of order dated 12.06.2025 in W.P. No.16364/2025 (KLR-RR/SUR) directing consideration of representations regarding grant/RTC records of complainant's father; endorsement dated 08.09.2025 rejected the representation. Held: no contempt proceedings maintainable where the direction was only to consider representations and they were considered; complaint closed with liberty to pursue substantive remedies. Keywords: civil contempt, willful disobedience, consideration of representations, endorsement, RTC, Tahsildar, Article 215, Sections 11 and 12 Contempt of Courts Act 1971, complaint closed, substantive remedies.