Petitioners challenged exclusion from voter list and sought permission to vote in upcoming co-operative society elections. Court observed elections were already held, rendering prayer infructuous.
This page shows the compact analysis of this judgement. The full analysis — procedural history, issue-by-issue holdings with ratio and obiter, advocates, and paragraph-level evidence for every claim — is being added to the record in batches and will appear here when this judgement has been through it.
NC: 2023:KHC:29770 WP No. 22126 of 2022
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
DATED THIS THE 21ST DAY OF AUGUST, 2023
BEFORE
THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R DEVDAS WRIT PETITION NO. 22126 OF 2022 (CS-EL/M)
BETWEEN:
Digitally signed by JUANITA THEJESWINI Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA
ALL PETITIONERS ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE UDUPI PRIMARY WEAVERS SERVICE CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD., L-390, SANSKRIT COLLEGE ROAD, UDUPI-576 101.
…PETITIONERS
(BY SRI. K. PRASANNA SHETTY, ADVOCATE) AND:
NC: 2023:KHC:29770 WP No. 22126 of 2022
BENGALURU-560 001 REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY.
…RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. SIDHARTH BABURAO, AGA FOR R1, R3 AND R4 SRI. T.L. KIRAN KUMAR, ADVOCATE FOR R2)
THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO DIRECT THE RESPONDENT NOS.2, 3, 4 AND 5 TO INCLUDE THE NAMES OF THE PETITIONERS IN THE ELIGIBLE VOTERS LIST AND PERMIT THE PETITIONERS TO CONTEST AND VOTE IN THE ELECTIONS TO THE RESPONDENT NO.5 WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO BE HELD ON 20/11/2022 IN THE INTEREST JUSTICE AND EQUITY AND ETC.
NC: 2023:KHC:29770 WP No. 22126 of 2022
THIS WRIT PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING:
ORDER
R.DEVDAS J., (ORAL):
The prayer made in the writ petition has become
infructuous since elections have been held to the Board of respondent/Co-operative Society.
as nothing further survives for consideration in the writ petition.
Sd/JUDGE
DL
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the writ petition seeking direction to include petitioners in eligible voters list and permit voting in co-operative society elections should be decided.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
SRI. JOHN KARKADA AND OTHERS
THE STATE OF KARNATAKA
THE STATE CO-OPERATIVE ELECTION AUTHORITY
DEPUTY REGISTRAR OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES
THE UDUPI PRIMARY WEAVER'S SERVICE CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD.
R DEVDAS
As recorded by the court registry
Judgements on the same questions, provisions and authorities, from every court
