Sandeep H K v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court (NC: 2025:KHC:48524), Justice M G Uma, 24.11.2025; co-operative society election dispute - ineligible voters list dated 21.01.2025 of The Town Co-operative Bank Ltd., Hoskote; election to Committee of Management scheduled 09.02.2025; writ petitions under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India; alternative/statutory remedy - Section 70 of the Karnataka Cooperative Societies Act (KCS Act), dispute before the Registrar; petitions disposed with liberty to invoke Section 70; sealed-cover votes cast under interim order not counted, preserved subject to Section 70 dispute outcome; Returning Officer N. Venkatesh; counsels: Mahesh R Uppin, M.R. Rajgopal (Sr. Adv.), Rahul S Reddy, Yogesh D Naik (AGA), A. Devaraj, Nishanth A.V.; no precedents relied upon.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioners to invoke Section 70 of the Karnataka Cooperative Societies Act and raise the dispute before the Registrar in accordance with law; the Returning Officer directed to announce the election result without counting the petitioners' votes and to preserve those votes separately, subject to the final result of any Section 70 dispute.