Sri Ashok C Nilugal v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
NC: 2025:KHC:1015. High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru, Ms. Justice Jyoti Mulimani, decided 10-01-2025. WP No. 10376 of 2020 (GM-RES), Ashok C. Nilugal v. State of Karnataka (Chandra Layout Police Station), HDFC Bank Ltd. and State Bank of India. Writ petition dismissed for non-prosecution; petitioner absent despite name called thrice; no representation personally or by video conferencing; petition pending five years since 2020 filing; filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India; no substantive adjudication of merits; no impugned order challenged; respondents' counsel: Sri Manjunatha Rayappa.
What did the court decide?
The writ petition is dismissed for non-prosecution: the petitioner, though called out thrice in open Court, made no representation personally or through video conferencing, and appears not interested in prosecuting the petition pending since 2020.