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2022 Supreme(SC) 1855
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
S. Abdul Nazeer, Hima Kohli, JJ.
The State of Karnataka Etc. – Appellant
Versus
M. Shivaraju & Ors. Etc. – Respondent
Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 15181-15183 of 2020 (Arising Out of impugned final judgment and order dated 04-12-2020 in WP Nos. 10216 of 2020, 1892 of 2020 and 11077 of 2020 passed by the High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru)
Decided On : 15-12-2022
Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG, Mr. Prabhuling Navadgi, AG, Mr. Nikhil Goel, AAG, Mr. Shubhranshu Padhi, Advocate, Mr. Niroop Sukrithy, Advocate, Mr. Vishal Banshal, Advocate, Ms. Rajeshwari Shankar, Advocate, Mr. Mohd.Ovais, Advocate, Mr. Nishanth Patil, Advocate, Mr. Ayush P.Shah, Advocate, Ms. Sneha Ravi Iyer , Advocate, Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, Advocate, for the Appellant; Mr. K.N.Phanindra,Sr.Advocate, Mr. Ninad Laud, Advocate, Mr. Avinash Mathews, Advocate, Mr. Sahil Tagotra, Advocate, Mr. Gajendra Singh Negi, Advocate, Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, Advocate, Mr. Saksham Mohaeshwari, Advocate, Mr. S.N.Bhat, Sr.Advocate, Mr. D.P.Chaturvedi, Advocate, Mr. Tarun Kumar Thakur, Advocate, Ms. Parvati Bhat, Advocate, Ms. Anuradha Mutatkar, Advocate, Mr. Anand Sanjay M.Nuli, Advocate, Mr. Dharam Singh, Advocate, Mr. Nanda Kumar, Advocate, Mr. Shiva Swaroop, Advocate, Ms. Akhila Wali, Advocate, For M/S. Nuli & Nuli, Advocate, Mr. Lzafeer Ahmad B. F., Advocate, Mr. Aditya Narayan, Advocate, Mr. Rohit Sharma, Advocate, Ms. Pratiksha, Advocate, Mr. Nikil Purohit, Adfv., Mr. Kumar Dushyant Singh, Advocate, Mr. Dhananjay Garg, Advocate, Mr. Sanjay Singh Varma, Advocate, Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Advocate, Mr. S.K.Rajora, Advocate, Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Advocate, Ms. Niharika Dewivedi, Advocate, Ms. Shweta Sand, Advocate, Mr. Narendra Pal Sharma, Advocate, Mr. Ravish Kumar Goyal, Advocate, Mr. Nitin Sharma, Advocate, Mr. Naresh Kumar, Advocate, for the Respondent.
The court has the authority to grant time for the State of Karnataka to finalize and submit a report for providing political reservation and electoral representation for conducting elections.
Headnote:
Political Reservation - State of Karnataka - The court granted the State of Karnataka time to finalize and submit a report for providing political reservation based on the Commission of Enquiry's report and electoral representation for conducting elections to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike.
Fact of the Case:
The petitioner-State of Karnataka is granted time to finalize and submit a report for providing political reservation based on the report of the Commission of Enquiry and electoral representation for conducting elections to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike.
Finding of the Court:
The court granted the State of Karnataka time to finalize and submit the report for providing political reservation based on the report of the Commission of Enquiry and electoral representation for conducting elections to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike.
Issues: The issue was the time granted to the State of Karnataka to finalize and submit the report for providing political reservation and electoral representation for conducting elections to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike.
Ratio Decidendi: The court decided to grant the State of Karnataka time to finalize and submit the report for providing political reservation based on the report of the Commission of Enquiry and electoral representation for conducting elections to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike.
Final Decision: The court ordered the State of Karnataka to finalize and submit the report for providing political reservation based on the report of the Commission of Enquiry and electoral representation for conducting elections to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike by 31st March, 2023.
ORDER
1. As requested, the petitioner-State of Karnataka is granted time upto 31st March, 2023 to finalize and submit the report for providing political reservation on the basis of the report of the Commission of Enquiry and electoral representation in respect of backward categories/classes and OBC(Other Backward Classes) for conducting elections to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike.
2. List these petitions immediately thereafter.
