M/S Penna Cement Industries Ltd. v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: dismissal as not pressed; withdrawal of writ petition; change of company management; Penna Cement Industries Ltd; Jaykaycem Limited / JK Cement; Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB); Department of Mines and Geology; Commerce and Industries Department; Article 226 Constitution of India; High Court of Karnataka; 2025. Utility: citable only for the fact and manner of disposal (non-pressing on change of management); contains no ruling on the merits, no case-law treatment, and no quantum.
What did the court decide?
As the petitioner submitted that its management has changed and the company is no longer interested in pursuing the writ petition, the writ petition is dismissed as not pressed. ¶39