Mr Syed Azam v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court Division Bench; WP No. 8392 of 2024 (GM-RES PIL); NC: 2025:KHC:3215-DB; decided 24-01-2025; Coram: Chief Justice N. V. Anjaria and Justice M. I. Arun; PIL by five Bengaluru/Frazer Town residents (Syed Azam, Ghalib Arshad, Syed Saeed, Syed Khalid, K. Khader Basha); respondents: State of Karnataka, Chief Commissioner BBMP, City Police Commissioner Bengaluru; relief sought: action on Annexures dated 26/02/2024 and 27/02/2024 concerning peace, dignity and Part III rights; outcome: petition dismissed as infructuous on counsel's submission; statutes referenced: Articles 226 and 227, Part III, Constitution of India; no precedents cited; no quantum involved.
What did the court decide?
The writ petition is dismissed as infructuous, the subject matter of the petition having become infructuous. ¶37