B. Manjunathaiah v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka HC Bengaluru | WP No. 5866 of 2026 (CS-RES) | NC: 2026:KHC:10626 | Justice Ashok S. Kinagi | Decided 20.02.2026 | Cooperative-society voters-list writ under Articles 226 and 227 concerning Sri Kanaka Pattina Co-operative Society Ltd., Sira, dismissed as withdrawn at preliminary hearing; liberty reserved to approach Joint Registrar (respondent No.2) by 21.02.2026 to seek withholding of the election, with a conditional direction to respondent No.2 to consider the interim application and pass an appropriate order in accordance with law; pending IAs disposed; no merits decided; no cases cited; no monetary quantum.
What did the court decide?
Liberty reserved to the petitioners to approach respondent No.2 by 21.02.2026 to seek withholding of the election to respondent No.4-Society; if such a dispute is raised before respondent No.2 by that date, respondent No.2 is to consider the interim application and pass an appropriate order in accordance with law.