Tamil Nadu Today | Senior IAS officer sentenced to imprisonment for contempt of court

1. Madras HC sentences senior IAS officer to one-month simple imprisonment The Madras High Court, in May 2025 has found senior IAS officer and former Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) Member Secretary Anshul Mishra guilty of contempt of court and directed him to undergo simple imprisonment for a month. Madras High Court sentences senior IAS officer to one-month simple imprisonment in contempt case storyline 1 Justice P.

Velmurugan also directed Mr. Mishra to pay a compensation of ₹25,000 to elderly siblings who had been struggling for years to retrieve their valuable immovable property. Later on June 12, 2025, a Division Bench of the Madras High Court suspended the sentence imposed by a single judge.

Madras High Court suspends IAS officer Anshul Mishra’s one-month sentence in contempt plea storyline 1 Months after, in September 2025, a Division Bench of the Madras High Court set aside the order passed by a single judge who found Mr. Mishra guilty of contempt of court proceedings and directed him to undergo simple imprisonment for a month.