Partly allowed
M S Kumar v. State of Karnataka
Karnataka HCWP/7352/2021
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Petitioners challenged the imposition of a five-time penalty on royalty amounts and deductions from bills. Ruling that a deduction in excess of the agreed royalty is impermissible, the court granted liberty to the PWD Department to deduct the royalty as per the Agreement but denied the five-time penalty.
What did the court decide?
Granted liberty to deduct royalty as per Agreement; any excess deduction held impermissible; denied imposition of five-time penalty.