Hyderabad, April 18 -- The Telangana High Court has made it clear that court orders must be implemented with sincerity and not in a mechanical or forced manner. It was observed that even token or superficial compliance would amount to contempt of court.

In a significant ruling, the court sentenced Rajendranagar Land Reforms Tribunal Authorised Officer (RDO) Koppula Venkat Reddy to one month in jail and imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 for willful disobedience of its orders.

The court further directed that failure to pay the fine would result in an additional two weeks of imprisonment.

Case details

The case pertains to a land dispute involving 74.97 acres in Peddashapur village, Shamshabad mandal, Ranga Reddy district. In 2017, following dir...