D Madenahalli Milk Producers Co. Operative Society Ltd., v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Ineligible voters list; co-operative society election; Tumakuru/Tumkur District Milk Producers Co-operative Societies Union; primary societies; expired term of managing committee; Parliamentary election code of conduct; Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act 1959 - S.20(2)(a-iv), S.20(2)(a-v), S.121, Ss.28A(4)(5), 28B, 29F(4), 30(1), 31, 39A; Karnataka Co-operative Societies Rules 1960 - Rule 13-D, Rule 13-D(2-A), Rule 14; endorsement dated Nil; votes treated as valid; endorsements set aside; writ petitions allowed in part; Articles 226 and 227; WA No.280/2024 referred.
What did the court decide?
Writ petitions allowed in part: the impugned endorsements/ineligible voters lists are set aside; the votes cast by the petitioners at the 10.11.2024 election to the Managing Committee of the Tumakuru District Milk Producers Co-operative Societies Union Limited are treated as valid; the mandamus relief for permission to vote does not survive; pending interlocutory applications stand disposed of.