- 1 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010091622025 NC: 2026:KHC:52074 WP No. 4932 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 22ND DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE K.S. HEMALEKHA WRIT PETITION NO.4932 OF 2025 (GM-RES) BETWEEN: MR. NARAYAN SWAMY S/O LATE GANGAIAH, AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS ADVOCATE – HIGH COURT 2ND FLOOR PRAMILA AND AMITH COMPLEX, RAJIV GANDHI ROAD, JARAGANAHALLI, KANAKAPURA MAIN ROAD BENGALURU-78. …PETITIONER (BY SMT. GEETHA R., ADVOCATE) AND: 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA VIDHANA SOUDHA, DR. AMBEDKAR ROAD, BENGALURU – 560001. REP. BY ITS CHIEF SECRETARY. 2. THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF CO-OPERATION, GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA, ROOM 610, 6TH FLOOR, 3RD GATE, M.S. BUILDING, BENGALURU – 560001. 3. REGISTRAR, DEPT. OF CO-OPERATION SOCIETIES, GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA, #1, ALI ASKER ROAD, VASANT NAGAR, BENGALURU – 560 052. Digitally signed by MAHALAKSHMI B M Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010091622025 NC: 2026:KHC:52074 WP No. 4932 of 2025 4. JOINT REGISTRAR OF COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES, BENGALURU DIVISION, NO.146, 8TH CROSS 3RD MAIN ROAD, MARGOSA ROAD, MALLESHWARAM – 560003. 5. KARNATAKA STATE BAR COUNCIL, OLD ELECTION COMMISSION BUILDING, NEXT TO PRESS CLUB, DR. AMBEDKAR ROAD, BENGALURU – 560 001. REP. BY ITS SECRETARY. 6. ADVOCATES' ASSOCIATION, BENGALURU ®, ‘VAKEELARA BHAVANA’, CITY CIVIL COURT COMPOUND, BEHIND CAUVERY BHAVAN, K.G. ROAD, BENGALURU – 560001. ALSO HO AT: HIGH COURT BUILDING, DR. AMBEDKAR ROAD, BENGALURU – 560001. REP. BY ITS GENERAL SECRETARY. (REGISTERED UNDER KARNATAKA SOCITIES REGISTRATION ACT, 1960.) …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. PANINI A.H., AGA FOR R-1 TO R-4; SRI. G. NATARAJ, ADVOCATE FOR R-5; SRI. ROHITH R. KUMAR, ADVOCATE FOR R-6) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, PRAYING TO DIRECTING THE RESPONDENTS, PARTICULARLY THE RESPONDENT NO.6 – KARNATAKA STATE BAR COUNCIL, FOR GENDER-BASED RESERVATIONS AND THEREBY RESERVE & IMPLEMENT THE 33% RESERVATION FOR WOMEN IN THE FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS OF THE RESPONDENT COUNCIL, IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE AND EQUITY AND ETC. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING IN ‘B’ GROUP, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE K.S. HEMALEKHA - 3 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010091622025 NC: 2026:KHC:52074 WP No. 4932 of 2025 ORAL ORDER 1. The petitioner in this writ petition seeks a direction to respondent No.5-Karnataka State Bar Council, for gender based reservations and thereby reserve and implement 33% reservation for Women in the forthcoming elections of respondent No.6. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petition has been rendered infructuous in view of the judgment of the Apex Court in the case of Yogamaya M.G. v. Union of India and Others1. 3. Having regard to the submission made, the present writ petition stands dismissed as having become infructuous. Sd/- _____________________ JUSTICE K.S. HEMALEKHA AT List No.: 1 Sl No.: 20 1 WP (Civil) No.581/2024