Sri. N. Nagaraju v. Shri Umesh Mirji
Case brief
What is this about?
CCC No. 446 of 2025, High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru (Vibhu Bakhru, CJ, author; C.M. Poonacha, J), order dated 02.04.2026. Civil contempt petition by Sri N. Nagaraju against Shri Umesh Mirji, Managing Director, Horticultural Producers Co-operative Marketing and Processing Society, Bengaluru, alleging wilful non-compliance of order dated 14.03.2024 in W.P. No. 18298/2023. Counsel for accused reported compliance and full payment; Court declined to initiate contempt proceedings and closed the complaint. Keywords: Contempt of Courts Act 1971, Section 11, Section 12, civil contempt, non-compliance, compliance, full payment, complaint closed.
What did the court decide?
Since the learned counsel for the accused submitted that the order alleged to have been disobeyed has been complied with and full payment made, the Court did not consider it apposite to initiate proceedings under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971.