Mr. Gabrial Mathias, v. Mrs. Vasanthi Bhandari
Case brief
What is this about?
CCC/Civil Contempt Petition No.456/2023, High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru, decided 12 February 2026; bench: Anu Sivaraman J. and Vijaykumar A. Patil J. (author); complainants Gabrial Mathias and Leena Mathias (adv. Kiran N) v. accused/respondents Vasanthi, Usha, Asha, Umanath, Premanath, Raviraj and Dhanush Bhandari (advs. Om Prashanth for Shivalli Shivayogi Yallappagouda); filed under Sections 11 and 12, Contempt of Courts Act 1971; subject: alleged willful disobedience of interim order dated 11.05.2023 in WP.No.10073/2023 (status quo; Annexure-B); respondents asserted possession, produced RTCs; WP.No.18502/2023 disposed 09.01.2024; holding: no willful disobedience, contempt proceedings dropped, notice discharged, contentions kept open.
What did the court decide?
There is no willful disobedience of the interim order of the learned Single Judge dated 11.05.2023 in WP.No.10073/2023 as alleged in the petition; accordingly, the contempt proceedings are dropped.