Smt. G v. Jayalakshmi v the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru (Lalitha Kanneganti J.), WP No. 19896 of 2026 (EXCISE), order dated 06.07.2026: writ petition under Articles 226/227 against a further 30-day excise licence suspension order dated 23.06.2026 (No. VA-2/MYRI0253/CL-09/2025-26, Annexure-L) passed by the Deputy Commissioner (Respondent No. 3) dismissed as withdrawn on a memo by counsel, with liberty to pursue the statutory remedy; original documents returned; pending IAs closed; no adjudication on merits, no ratio on excise law. Petitioner: G V Jayalakshmi; respondents: State of Karnataka (Excise) and excise/police authorities, Mysuru; counsel: Maheshkiran Shetty S. for petitioner, Manjunath B. AGA for respondents.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to the petitioner to avail the appropriate remedy in accordance with law; Registry directed to return all original documents to the learned counsel for the petitioner after retaining photocopies; pending IAs, if any, stand closed.