Sri. H. P. Kiran v. the Commissioner of Excise
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru; WP No. 34776 of 2025 (EXCISE); NC: 2025:KHC:53077; decided 15 December 2025; coram: K.S. Hemalekha, J. Petitioner: H. P. Kiran, proprietor of Kiran Bar, Hassan. Respondents: Commissioner of Excise, Bangalore; Deputy Commissioner of Excise, Hassan District; Shankare Gowda, Shivanna, Gopi Prasad. Subject: challenge to interim order dated 13/11/2025 in Appeal No. ECS/32/APP/2025 before Commissioner of Excise; writ under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India; disposed of as withdrawn on joint memo after respondents 3-5 withdrew Appeal No.32/2025 on 12/12/2025 and parties settled; no merits adjudicated; advocates: Vikram Simha (petitioner), Raj Kumar M AGA (R1 & R2), Sudha D (R3-R5).
What did the court decide?
In view of the joint memo filed by both learned counsel recording withdrawal of the underlying appeal by respondents 3-5 and settlement between the parties, the writ petition is disposed of as withdrawn.