Ganesan v. J.Jayakanthan IAS
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: contempt petition; Cont.P.(MD); Section 10, Contempt of Courts Act; willful disobedience; non-compliance of writ orders; WP(MD)Nos.18612, 18613, 18216 & 16381 of 2025; Madurai Bench, Madras High Court; Justice B. Pugalandhi; J. Jayakanthan, I.A.S., Secretary, Water Resource Department (WRD); Mangath Ram Sharma, I.A.S., Secretary, Public Works Department (PWD); Additional Advocate General Mr.Ajmal Khan; Special Government Pleader Mr.C.Venkatesh Kumar; Government communications dated 07.01.2026, 14.11.2025 & 22.10.2025; requests considered and rejected; contempt petitions closed with liberty to seek remedy. Relevance: example of contempt proceedings closed on recording the respondents' side submission of consideration-and-rejection, without adjudication of contempt or imposition of punishment.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioners to work out their remedy in the manner known to law.