Municipal Corporation, Vijayawada v. S.M.a.Khadar
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Court: High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati. Bench: Ravi Nath Tilhari & Balaji Medamalli, JJ. (judgment per Tilhari, J.). Decision date: 16.04.2026. Appellant: Vijayawada Municipal Corporation, rep. by its Commissioner (counsel S.V.S.S. Sivaram, Standing Counsel; Goli G.V.S. Sai appearing). Respondents included Bhavaridevi, Taradevi, Padmadevi and Nirmaladevi Bhattad; Dr V Nirmala Devi; Jayathilal Jain; Uppalapati Kiran; Narra Mohana Murali; Valluru Venkata Ramakrishna; Dr Mohammad Atavur Rehman and Dr Ashraffine Syed; Chennupati Rajaratnam; S M A Khadar; V Ramesh Kumar; Maganti Subrahmanyam; M/s Hotel Mamatha; Pamidimukkala Manohar. Subject: thirteen CMSAs against CMA judgments/decrees of the Senior Civil Judges, Vijayawada (02.06.2011–10.09.2014), involving payment of taxes; numerous Section 151 CPC suspension/stay petitions. Outcome: all appeals dismissed as infructuous on the Corporation's counsel's submission (letter dated 09.03.2026) that no subsisting tax dispute remained; no costs; miscellaneous petitions closed. Keywords: infructuous, dismissal, municipal corporation, taxes, Vijayawada, CMSA, Section 151 CPC.