Annapoorna v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Karnataka (NC: 2025:KHC:5054), WRIT PETITION NO. 935 OF 2021 (GM-RES), decided 04.02.2025 by Jyoti Mulimani, J. Petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India by Annapoorna and Rajashekara B.K. against State of Karnataka, Assistant Commissioner Sagar Sub-Division, Tahasildhar Soraba Taluk, Sub-Inspector of Police Anavatti, and four private respondents. Dismissed for non-prosecution: petitioners absent despite three calls in open Court, no representation personally or by video conferencing, former counsel permitted to retire, petition pending almost four years since 2021. No precedent cited or engaged; no substantive issue adjudicated.
What did the court decide?
The petitioners' names were called out thrice in the open Court, yet there was no representation on their behalf either personally or through video conferencing; the petitioners were absent.