S.Vairamuthu v. Mr. J.Kumaragurubaran and 2 others
Contempt Petition – closure on recording of undertaking
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court (P. Velmurugan and K. Govindarajan Thilakavadi JJ.) disposed of CONT P No. 2497 of 2025 on 24-04-2026. Petitioner S. Vairamuthu sought punishment of Greater Chennai Corporation officials (Commissioner J. Kumaragurubaran; RDO R. Rangarajan; Assistant Engineer, Zone-12, suo motu impleaded on 10.04.2026) for wilful disobedience of the order dated 12.07.2024 in W.P.No. 18538 of 2024. AAG R. Sureshkumar and Government Advocate Abishek Murthy undertook on behalf of the contemnors to remove the encroachments within two weeks; recording the undertaking, the Court closed the petition without imposing punishment. Keywords: contempt petition, wilful disobedience, undertaking, encroachment removal, Greater Chennai Corporation.
What did the court decide?
Contempt petition closed recording the respondents'/contemnors' undertaking to remove the encroachments within two weeks; no punishment imposed.