Advocate Shreyas N v. the Karnataka State Bar Council (Ksbc)
Case brief
What is this about?
WP No. 2932 of 2026 (GM-RES); High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru; order dated 23 June 2026; Justice Suraj Govindaraj; petitioner Advocate Shreyas N (person with total visual impairment, party-in-person); respondents Karnataka State Bar Council, Bar Council of India, Union of India; counsel G. Nataraj (R1), Anubha Srivastava (R2), Shanthi Bhushan H. DSGI (R3); disability reservation/nomination in Bar Council; accessibility in Bar Council elections; Standing Committee on Disability and Accessibility; Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016; Articles 226 and 227 Constitution of India; writ of mandamus; representation dated 6 November 2025; Bar Council elections already held; infructuous; non-prosecution; petition dismissed.
What did the court decide?
Elections to the Bar Council have already been carried out; consequently the petition, which sought reservation of one seat for an advocate with disabilities in the Bar Council, has been rendered infructuous.