Dharmappa B v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
The petitioners filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution challenging the legislative competence of Section 20(2)(a-iv) (a-v) of the Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act. The court allowed the petitioners' counsel to establish that elections had already been conducted before dismissing the petition.
What did the court decide?
The writ petition was dismissed as infructuous without costs.