The Commissioner v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
WP No.679 of 2025 (S-KSAT), Karnataka HC Bengaluru, decided 17-07-2026; coram S.G. Pandit (author) and K. Manmadha Rao; petitioner: Commissioner, BDA (adv. Murugesh V. Charati); respondents: State of Karnataka, DG&IGP, Commissioner of Police (adv. V. Shivareddy, AGA) and Head Constable Chandrashekar H.T.; writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India seeking to set aside KSAT Bengaluru order dated 05/09/2024 in Application No.1711/2024 (Annexure-A); disposed of at preliminary hearing on counsel's submission that BDA took back respondent No.4, later transferred out of BDA, so the petition no longer survives; no merits adjudicated; no quantum; caveat for respondent No.4 (No.17511/2024) noted as not up.
What did the court decide?
None; the writ petition was disposed of after placing counsel's submission on record.