Sri. Lohith G Hanumapura v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court PIL withdrawal order; WRIT PETITION NO. 16176 OF 2025 (GM-RES-PIL); petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution by State Youth President Aam Aadmi Party Karnataka (Lohith G Hanumapura) seeking independent judicial inquiry under supervision of retired High Court Judge into incident dated 04.06.2025; respondents include State of Karnataka Chief Secretary, Addl. Chief Secretary Home Department, Director General & I.G.P., Police Commissioner Bangalore City, and President/Vice President/Secretary Karnataka State Cricket Association (Chinnaswami Stadium); counsel Lohitaswa Banakar withdrew petition as prayers infructuous; Smt. Niloufer Akbar AGA for respondents; bench V Kameswar Rao Acting Chief Justice and C M Joshi J; writ petition dismissed as withdrawn; no merits adjudication; no costs or amounts.
What did the court decide?
The writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn, counsel for the petitioner having stated that the prayers as made have become infructuous.