Smt. Muniakkayamma v. Srinivas H
Case brief
What is this about?
Civil contempt; CCC No. 398 of 2025; Article 215 Constitution of India; Sections 11 and 12 Contempt of Courts Act; willful disobedience; Tahasildar Bangalore South Taluk; Srinivas H; State of Karnataka Revenue Department pro forma respondent; W.P.No.12352/2023 (KLR-RR-SUR); order dated 21.06.2023; representations to be decided in four weeks; phodi and durasti within three months; disposal of contempt on statements of counsel; interlocutory applications disposed; High Court of Karnataka; Vibhu Bakhru Chief Justice; C.M. Poonacha Judge.
What did the court decide?
No punitive order was made. The contempt was disposed of on the strength of the accused's counsel's statement that the decision on the petitioners' representations would be communicated within four weeks and that phodi and durasti would be done within three months, and the complainant's counsel's submission that the contempt may in view thereof be disposed of.