Disposed
Smt Muthamma v. the Tahasildar
Karnataka HCCCC/85/2021
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Batch of contempt petitions alleging wilful disobedience of a direction to consider representations to implement a grant order dated 22.12.2012. The State placed on record an endorsement concluding that no such grant order exists. The court held this to be compliance, though grossly belated, and disposed of the petitions, saddling the State with costs in each petition.
What did the court decide?
Petitions disposed of on belated compliance; State Government to pay costs of Rs.5,000 in each petition within two months; liberty to complainants to challenge the endorsement dated 12.04.2021.