R Veerabhadraswamy v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka HC, Justice M.I. Arun, 12 June 2026 - WP No. 25780 of 2024 (CS-EL/M) - co-operative society election dispute (Hennagara Primary Agriculture Farmers Co-operative Society, Anekal); Returning Officer B.K. Vidyarani's Form XIV order dated 18.09.2024 (Annexure-E); writ petition dismissed on ground of alternative efficacious remedy under Section 70, Karnataka Cooperative Societies Act, 1959; filed under Articles 226 and 227, Constitution of India; election scheduled 25.09.2024; respondents included State Department of Co-operative, Registrar of Co-operative Societies, State Co-operative Election Authority, District Co-operative Election Officer; advocates: Arvind N (petitioners), Yogesh D. Naik AGA (R1/R2/R4/R6), T.L. Kiran Kumar (R3), P. Anand (R5).
What did the court decide?
None; writ petition dismissed, with liberty reserved to the petitioners to raise the dispute before the appropriate authority, which was directed to decide it expeditiously.