{"id":113331,"date":"2010-12-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-15T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-john-d-souza-vs-sri-gowrav-guptha-ias-on-16-december-2010"},"modified":"2014-10-10T03:04:15","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T21:34:15","slug":"sri-john-d-souza-vs-sri-gowrav-guptha-ias-on-16-december-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-john-d-souza-vs-sri-gowrav-guptha-ias-on-16-december-2010","title":{"rendered":"Sri John D Souza vs Sri Gowrav Guptha Ias on 16 December, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
Sri John D Souza vs Sri Gowrav Guptha Ias on 16 December, 2010<\/div>\n
Author: J.S.Khehar(Cj) And A.S.Bopanna<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
<\/pre>\n
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, BANG. jf _*QR_E<\/p>\n
DATED THIS THE 16TH DAY 09′  <\/p>\n
PREsENTi;gi”<\/p>\n
THE HONBLE MR. J. S; I{HEPiAR, CH;Ef”i.;JI1sT\ufb01CE <\/p>\n
THE HON’BLE”\u00ablillR.A  BOPANNA<\/p>\n
gcgcc 1*iG;\u00bb-1″e’.t34.[2_dl.O (civil)<\/p>\n
Between: _  ~<\/p>\n
Sri John D’.Soii:;:a 3 V<\/p>\n
S\/o Late’ Lo.L}’i.s D’1fSou’z~a <\/p>\n
Ageclkaboutc 57.3,—‘ears C’   * .<\/p>\n
R\/at no. Q–56, ‘i”h”ulasi Nilgaya<\/p>\n
5″ lviain, 1-” Cross; .l’viar’uthi Extn.,<\/p>\n
Bangalore..– 560 021: ” …Complainant<\/p>\n
ohn  Party–in–person)<\/p>\n
” .1.   Guptha, I.A.S<\/p>\n
 v_lVianlaging Director
\n.. KSRTC, Central Office, K.H. Road
\n=B’angalore w 560 027<\/p>\n
  “2_  Sri Ganganna Gowda<\/p>\n
The Divisional Controller<\/p>\n
K.S.R.T.C., Bangalore Central Division
\nShanthinagar<\/p>\n
Bangalore \u00ab~ 560 027  Accused<\/p>\n
This contempt petition is filed under Sections 11 &i2
\nof Contempt of Courts Act praying to summon the accused
\nand to initiate the contempt proceedings against the accused<\/p>\n
2<\/span><\/p>\n
for deliberately disobeying the orders passed”in.V’~W.i\u00a7.:,.No.<\/p>\n
2303\/2005 dated 22.06.2005 and 11;’Q6.2QQ:?””‘V’id\u00e9’.”<\/p>\n
Annexures~A and C, respectively.<\/p>\n
This petition coming on  j;
\nChief Justice made the following:  V A’ t l ”  <\/p>\n
J.S.KHEHAR, C.J. (.0;-a:):_.–i–Vl’]’*’_;– <\/p>\n
Having perused’ the  in the instant
\ncontempt   heard the
\ncomplair1arit_”\/ appears in person, we are
\nof the  averments made in the
\ncontempt  as correct, still it<\/p>\n
would not  to conclude any deliberate or<\/p>\n
 V.  _ iri.t’eI1.ta;.or:~a1 disobedilence of the orders of this Court.<\/p>\n
   at  tii1d.}~no merit in the instant contempt petition<\/p>\n
and the _san1e is accordingly dismissed.<\/p>\n
Sd\/-I
\nChief Iustice
\nSd\/4
\nJUDGE<\/p>\n
hrp
\nIndex: Y\/ N<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court Sri John D Souza vs Sri Gowrav Guptha Ias on 16 December, 2010 Author: J.S.Khehar(Cj) And A.S.Bopanna IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, BANG. jf _*QR_E DATED THIS THE 16TH DAY 09′ PREsENTi;gi” THE HONBLE MR. J. S; I{HEPiAR, CH;Ef”i.;JI1sT\ufb01CE THE HON’BLE”\u00ablillR.A BOPANNA gcgcc 1*iG;\u00bb-1″e’.t34.[2_dl.O (civil) Between: _ ~ Sri John D’.Soii:;:a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-karnataka-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nSri John D Souza vs Sri Gowrav Guptha Ias on 16 December, 2010 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-john-d-souza-vs-sri-gowrav-guptha-ias-on-16-december-2010\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sri John D Souza vs Sri Gowrav Guptha Ias on 16 December, 2010 - 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