Case brief
What is this about?
NC: 2026:KHC:14688 - WP No. 5942 of 2022 (GM-RES), High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru, decided 11-03-2026 by LALITHA KANNEGANTI, J. Petitioner SMT POOJA B S (Bhadravati, Shivamogga) sought action against respondent no.4 SMT CHAITRA H V (Chikmagalur), reconsideration of her own distributorship application, and cancellation of the distributorship allotted to respondent no.4, against Union of India (Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas) and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (Indane) officials. Dismissed as infructuous since respondents no.1 to 3 had considered the petitioner's application; pending IAs closed. No precedent cited, no ratio on distributorship guidelines; of limited citation value. Statute: Articles 226 and 227, Constitution of India.
What did the court decide?
Since respondents no.1 to 3 have considered the petitioner's application, nothing further survives for consideration in the Writ Petition, which is accordingly dismissed as infructuous