Smt. Jayanthi v. Dr K v Trilok Chandra I a S
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court civil contempt petition CCC No. 646 of 2025 (decided 07.04.2026) by Smt. Jayanthi, retired assistant teacher, against Dr. K.V. Trilok Chandra I.A.S. (Commissioner, Department of Public Instructions), Ramachandra Raje Urs (Deputy Director) and M. Manjula K.E.S (Block Education Officer), State of Karnataka pro forma respondent; filed under Sections 11 and 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 for alleged disobedience of order dated 22.04.2024 in W.P. No.22415/2023 (S-KSAT); counsel for complainant submitted compliance effected; Bench (Vibhu Bakru, CJ and C.M. Poonacha, J) declined to initiate wilful contempt proceedings and closed the complaint; contempt petition closed for compliance, no penalty, no costs.
What did the court decide?
Since the order alleged to have been disobeyed has been complied with (as submitted by the learned counsel for the complainant), the Court held that no proceedings for wilful disobedience of the orders as alleged were required to be initiated against the accused.