Vels Studios and Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru; WP No. 28380 of 2025 (LB-RES); decided 06.04.2026 by Justice M.I. Arun. Petitioner: Vels Studios and Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. (Bidadi Industrial Area, Ramanagara), counsel Dilraj Jude Rohit Sequeira. Respondents: State of Karnataka (Urban Development Dept.; Bopanna Belliappa, AGA), BMRDA (P.V. Chandrashekar), KIADB, BESCOM Ramanagara Circle, Town Planning Authority Ramanagara, Superintendent of Police Ramanagara, Special Task Force BMRDA. Subject: Article 226 certiorari challenge to BMRDA STF notice No.BMRDA/STF/PI/JPE-53/25-26 dated 15/07/2025 (Annexure-A); withdrawal memo dated 23.03.2026; petition dismissed as withdrawn without merits adjudication.
What did the court decide?
The memo dated 23.03.2026 filed by learned counsel for the petitioner seeking withdrawal was taken on record, and the Writ Petition was dismissed as withdrawn. No adjudication on the merits of the challenge to the BMRDA STF notice.