Sri B.P.Mahadevappa v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
CCC No.170 of 2026, High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru, decided 05.06.2026; Coram: Vibhu Bakhru CJ and K.S. Hemalekha J. Filed under Sections 11 and 12 of the Contempt of Court Act, 1971 r/w Article 215 of the Constitution of India by Sri B.P. Mahadevappa (complainant, through Sri K.C. Shanta Kumar) against Smt. K.C. Sowmya as Accused Nos. 2 and 3 (through AGA Smt. Namitha Mahesh B.G.), State of Karnataka pro forma respondent. Subject: alleged wilful disobedience/non-implementation of order dated 26.07.2024 in W.P. No.7612/2024 (KLR-RES); compliance affidavit and endorsement dated 02.01.2026; complaint closed; liberty to avail substantive remedies. Keywords: civil contempt, compliance affidavit, endorsement, KLR-RES, Arakalagud Taluk, Hassan district, regularization of unauthorized occupation.
What did the court decide?
No punitive action taken; the contempt complaint was closed on compliance, with liberty preserved to the complainant to pursue substantive remedies against the endorsement dated 02.01.2026.