Mr. Dhananjaya M. J. v. Karnataka State Bar Council
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court at Bengaluru, Writ Petition No. 38672 of 2025 (GM-RES), decided 29 January 2026 by B M Shyam Prasad J. Petitioner Dhananjaya M. J. sought a direction to the Karnataka State Bar Council (R1) to permit his enrolment under the Advocates Act; Bar Council of India (R2) and Karnataka State Law University (R3) also arrayed. Counsel for petitioner submitted the petitioner has since been enrolled as a Member of the Karnataka State Bar Council, rendering the petition infructuous; the submission was taken on record and the petition was disposed of as infructuous. No merits decided, no case law cited, no impugned order identified.
What did the court decide?
The petition stands disposed of as infructuous, the Court taking on record the submission of counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has been enrolled as a Member of the Karnataka State Bar Council.