Smt. Shwetha S R v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, WP No. 24809 of 2025 (GM-KSR), B M Shyam Prasad J., order dated 23-08-2025: writ petition by member of Arsikere Advocates' Association against election calendar dated 07.08.2025 issued by Returning Officer (Annexure-C) for absence of women's reservation (exclusive woman Treasurer; 30 per cent Executive Committee members) per Supreme Court directions in SLP (C) No. 1404/2025 Item No. 44; elections subsequently postponed, grievance infructuous; petition dismissed as withdrawn; Articles 226 and 227 Constitution; Society Registration Act - 1960; respondents include State of Karnataka (Co-operative Society Department), District Registrar Hassan.
What did the court decide?
The court recorded that the 3rd respondent had postponed the elections in question, whereby the grievance raised in the writ petition had become infructuous.