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Time has come to send IAS officer to jail: Karnataka high court

BENGALURU: Disapproving of the tendency among senior government officers not to obey court orders, the Karnataka HC on Monday orally observed that time has come to send an IAS officer to jail for contempt of court.

A division bench headed by Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi made the observation over non-compliance of a single bench's order passed last year about bringing amendment to the rules for merging Group C and D posts in municipal bodies.

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