Mr C N Madhusudan v. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court 2025 writ petition disposed on settlement; petitioner vs Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) over schedule property possession; prayer included PESO/Joint Chief Controller of Explosives cancelling petroleum storage licence under Section 152 Petroleum Rules 2002; Article 226; damages/mesne profits Rs. 10,00,000 per month from 01.06.2021 claimed but not pressed; mediation by Ms. Laila Ollepalli; memorandum of terms of settlement dated 28.08.2025 as Annexure-A; lumpsum compensation Rs. 1,08,00,000; adjustment Rs. 2,69,500; balance Rs. 1,05,30,500 payable by 24.11.2025; default interest 12% per annum; undertaking to court; GM-RES; NC: 2025:KHC:38141.
What did the court decide?
First respondent directed to pay the petitioner Rs. 1,05,30,500/- by 24.11.2025 — the balance of the agreed lumpsum compensation of Rs. 1,08,00,000/- after adjusting Rs. 2,69,500/- already paid between 1.6.2021 and 30.6.2025 — failing which interest at 12% per annum up to the date of payment; the petitioner does not press the claims for mesne profit and costs, and the memorandum of terms is treated as an undertaking to the court.