High Court Examines Challenge to Reservation Notifications for Urban Local Body Wards in Karnataka. Petitioners Sought Quashing of Impugned Notifications and Reversion to Draft Reservations.

High Court: Karnataka High Court Bench: BENGALURU
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KAHC010488852018_1

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Case Details

2019 LawText (KAR) (01) 36

W.P. No.44499/2018 c/w other writ petitions

2019-01-14

Justice S. Sunil Dutt Yadav

Abishek Marla M.J., K.N.Phaneendra, Vaishali Hegde, Vishwajith Shetty, Dinesh Rao, Prathima Honnapura, S.Rajashekar, Ashok Haranahalli, Manmohan P.N., Rajaram Sooryambail, Dhananjay Kumar, Udaya Prakash Muliya, Rahul S. Reddy, Devi Prasad Shetty, S. Basavaraj, M. Ravindranath, Naveen J. N., Nagarajappa A., Mahesh R. Uppin

Mr. Ravindra Nayak and other petitioners

Karnataka State Election Commission and others

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Nature of Litigation

Challenge to reservation of wards in urban local body elections

Remedy Sought

Quashing of impugned notifications and direction to reserve wards as per draft notification or for general category

Filing Reason

Impugned notifications dated 10.08.2018 and 30.07.2018 altering reservation of wards

Procedural History

Multiple writ petitions filed challenging reservation notifications; clubbed together for hearing before the High Court.

Acts & Sections

  • Constitution of India: Articles 226, 227
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