The President v. Sri Nagaraj
Case brief
What is this about?
Duty to give reasoned orders; failure to give reasons amounts to denial of justice; order must contain findings; I.A.No.6 under Section 151 CPC rejected without reasons; recall of orders dated 12.04.2019 and 16.04.2019; Grama Panchayath officials directed to recover tax arrears from factories, industries and companies; show cause notice and contempt notice for non-compliance; costs and daily penalty; O.S.No.353/2018 Principal Civil Judge and JMFC Malur; W.P. No.14761/2019 dismissed 05.04.2019 with Rs.30,000/- costs, attained finality; Kranti Associates and UPSRTC v. Jagdish Prasad Gupta relied on; Karnataka High Court; Tara Vitasta Ganju, J.; Articles 226 and 227; 2026 KHC.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of directing the learned Trial Court to decide I.A.No.6 by giving findings for its decision in accordance with law; petitioners to pay any costs not already paid within a week from the date of the order.