- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:5873-DB CCC No. 1400 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 2ND DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2026 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA CIVIL CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 1400 OF 2025 BETWEEN: MR KARAN CHANDRASHEKAR S/O A CHANDRASHEKAR, AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS, RESIDING AT UNIT K5, NO 480, 13TH MAIN, 3RD BLOCK, KORAMANGALA, BANGALORE 560034, …COMPLAINANT (BY SRI. K.B.S. MANIAN, ADVOCATE A/W SRI. AZHAR ALI FAROOQI, ADVOCATE) AND: MRS DIVYA K C W/O KARAN CHANDRASHEKAR, AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS, RESIDING AT 161, 6TH CROSS, 1ST MAIN, S.T BED LAYOUT, 1ST BLOCK, KORAMANGALA, BANGALORE - 560034, KARNATAKA …ACCUSED (BY SMT. PRATHIMA S K, ADVOCATE) Digitally signed by NIRMALA DEVI Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:5873-DB CCC No. 1400 of 2025 THIS CCC IS FILED UNDER SECTION 10, 11 AND 12 OF THE CONTEMPT OF COURT ACT, 1971, BY THE COMPLAINANT, PRAYING TO INITIATE APPROPRIATE CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE ACCUSED FOR DELIBERATE AND WILFUL DISOBEDIENCE OF THE ORDER DATED 25.09.2025 PASSED IN G AND WC NO.137/2023 (ANNEXURE-A) AND AWARD MAXIMUM PUNISHMENT TO THE ACCUSED PERSON. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA ORAL ORDER (PER: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE) 1. The complainant has filed the present complaint alleging willful disobedience of an order dated 25.09.2025 passed in G&WC No.137/2023. The operative part of the order reads as under: I.A.No.24 filed by the petitioner under Section 12 of the Guardians and Wards Act read with Section 151 of CPC is hereby allowed in part. Respondent is hereby directed to handover the custody of minor children Kavin Chandrashekar and Aanya Chandrashekar to the petitioner during Diwali festivals from 10-00 AM to 7-00 PM and on other festivals mentioned in this application from 10-00 AM to 3-00 PM every year till the disposal of this petition, only when said festivals fall on school holidays. Petitioner is hereby directed to take care of the needs of the children in time, he shall not cause any - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:5873-DB CCC No. 1400 of 2025 inconvenience to the children and not to give objectionable food, which is harmful to the health of the children, during the custody. For hearing on IA Nos. 17, 18, and 20 to 23 as a last chance and finally by 31-10-2025. 2. The complainant alleges that the children were not sent to him from 10.00 am., to 7.00 pm., on Diwali and Dasara festivals. 3. Learned counsel for the accused states that the children were sent for one day during the said festivals but not for the entire duration. He also states than an application for modification of the order has been filed. It is well settled that merely filing an application for modification or an appeal against an order would not absolve the parties from complying with it. Till the order is modified, the accused is required strictly to comply with the order passed by the Court. Accordingly, the accused shall ensure that the children are sent to the father as mentioned in the order dated 25.09.2025 on all festival holidays/school holidays till the order, the disobedience of which is alleged, is modified or set aside. 4. We are at this stage not inclined to initiate proceedings under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. However, the accused is - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:5873-DB CCC No. 1400 of 2025 cautioned that this Court would be constrained to take a strict view, if there are any further violations. 5. The compliant is closed with the aforesaid observations. Sd/- (VIBHU BAKHRU) CHIEF JUSTICE Sd/- (C.M. POONACHA) JUDGE ND List No.: 1 Sl No.: 0