{"id":124336,"date":"2009-12-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/byrappa-so-shivanna-vs-the-deputy-commissioner-on-9-december-2009"},"modified":"2015-11-04T04:26:03","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T22:56:03","slug":"byrappa-so-shivanna-vs-the-deputy-commissioner-on-9-december-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/byrappa-so-shivanna-vs-the-deputy-commissioner-on-9-december-2009","title":{"rendered":"Byrappa S\/O Shivanna vs The Deputy Commissioner on 9 December, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
Byrappa S\/O Shivanna vs The Deputy Commissioner on 9 December, 2009<\/div>\n
Author: H N Das<\/div>\n
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE\n\nDATED THIS THE 09TH DAY OF DECEMBER 2009.__\n\nBEFORE\n\nTHE HoN'13LE Mr. JUSTICE H N NAGAMOHAN    *\n\nW.P.NO. 19299.31 1 \/2oo9(c,s\u00a2EL\/in)\" = I . \n\nBETWEEN:\n\n1. BYRAPPA\ns\/0 SHIVANNA\n\nAGED ABOUT 35 YEARS,\nSRINIVASA TEMPLE ROAD,\nOLD mwm, MANDYA.  A\n\n2. SMTKAMALA  V \"\nW\/O SOMANNA   2: \nAGED A_I3ou_7:  Y\u00a7E_A_R:\":- \u00a2 4\n\nv.\\\/.NAGARA. K5'LL1,AI~1i;ALI;'I::'j VA    s A\n\nEViANDYA_._  \n\n3. I\"~IONNAPPA  V\n\ns\/0 MAYFGA,IAH. _   \nAGED ABO=U'l'60 Y-F\u00a3A\"R'S,.  _\nKALLAP1AI,IJI\"'NA'\u00a3'E;R_ TAN K\u00bb 'ROAD,\nMANI'2;'YA._ '  '\n\n  \n\/,0'Yr::1v:.MEL.1NGA:AH\n\n;'xGE.D AB,Q\u00bb:;T 4j2YEARs\n7TH .c'F.0ss,-- Vj.\\Z;'NAGARA.\nKAILAE-{A1;LI, \n\n3 MAN91'A\u00a7\" \n\n.7 _   \"::;\u00a33\u00ab1\u00bb~iACYALA1{s1~\u00bbIM:\n\n'xv\/o_ C.7r\u00a3IK}{ASWAE\\\/ll GOWDA\n\nA  131:) ABOUT 30 YEARS\n'  _:.\\fQ?. 1.093, POLICE COLONY\n'\u00e9 MANDYA.\n\nc;'\"V'j'\n\n\n\n MAN,D.\u00a7\/A. \n\n6. S.K.SI-HVAPRAKASH BABU\nS\/O KEMPEG OWDA\n\nAGED ABOUT 33 YEARS\n\n1473. 2*\" CROSS, JAIN COLONY\nASHOKA NAGAR.\n\nIVEANDYA.\n\n7. SM\"I\".I\ufb02\\I.AI ARASI\nXV\/O I).ANBU.\nAGED ABOUT 30 YEARS\n\nHALAI-iALI-I KEZRE, NEW TAMIL c01;O'NY'\u00ab\u00ab '_ \n\nMANDYA. \n\n8. SMTBHAGYAMMA\nw\/0 SHANKARAPPA\nAGED ABOUT 55 YEARS\nNO. 176. BLOCK N010. .\nHALAI~iALLI SLUM V \nMANDYA.\n\n9. SMT.PUSHPALA'\u00a7f_I~lA   -- .. \n\nD\/O T.1,.GURA:>13A,_.'--  ; \nAGED A13oL;f1i.:5.Q Y'LE)_A_RS_  .. \n8'1\"' CROSS, :~31~1Q*v1 COLONOY,' ' V'\nMANDYA.     '-\n\n10. 'r.I~.;.s}\u00bb\u00bb1A1~Jr<A\u00a7{1a;O\u00a2GQWDA '\nS\/O T.I.1)'UR-SVv1L1.ACaa: \" \"\"\" \"\nYA~1..ANI3UR 'rAL.w\u00a7 \n\nC H AAM;x;a.gxJA_NAC\u00bb.AR. _O;STR1C'r.\n\n  O.ow'R_1'Si~1 _ S' \n S \/Q PU'ITA.I,INAGAiAI--I\n_  BED ABOUT 34 YEARS\n\ns\\:O'.--32 1. '.1 1\"'! '~\" CROSS.\n\n, *.__C1;1zxM:;ND:cS1\u00bb1wAR1NAOAR.\n\"  i\\'\u00a7A.3J_I)'\\.fA;'  ..R'\u00a3\u00a7SPONDENTS\n\n 'SR:}pR.A13;-~:uLn\\:C.S.NAvAOC1 FOR C\/R3. R4 3; R5\n\n4*.SM'I'.M._C.NAGASHREE. HCGP FOR R1\n\n \"  \" SR! A.NACARA.JAPPA._ ADV. FOR R2}\n\n\u00a7l~x,-\u00ab\"\"\"\n\n\n\nThese petitions filed under Article 226 <31 227 of the\nConstitution of india praying to quash the order dated\n30.6.2009 3.1,AI1I'if3XL}I'C~J passed by the RI.\n\nThese Pe1.ii':i'ons havi'ng been heard and 1'\u20ac3S\u20ac1'VE'\ufb01!"i'fJ'l'\norders. this day, NAGAMOHAN DAS J., pi"onoL1i'1eeti,\n\nl"o1lowing_{{:\n\nORDER\n<\/pre>\n
in these writ petitions the p\u20acfI:i.:l.iO}?,i\u20acfS”V helix.\/_e”pii’a*._\\\/\u20ac310?”–for?fA<\/p>\n
a writ in the nature of Certiorairi\ufb02io qt;-1.=sl’i thebvortiendgaijed<\/p>\n
30.6.2009 as per A11riexure–;}”i\u00ab.Vibpaizssed.”‘by’. 1l’1V\u00a73 first
\nrespondent under Sectiolrr 4(1) 501: “the'”Karna1′.al\u00a7a Local<\/p>\n
Authorities (Prohibition oi’V_Vl:)el’ee.teion} [For shori.<\/p>\n
Act’) disqualii\ufb01fingeilie \u00a73etiiio’ners._a’s’ineiiibers of second’<\/p>\n
respondeni -:1 _Ci:;:3}’i\\\/lu’n’ie:ip\u00e9ielif\ufb02onvncilQ Maridya.<\/p>\n
 On’ 4e’lee’\u00e9–io’11s were held to the second
\nresponden’L*a: lviimieipaail C0a{;eflCi} to elect”. 35 Councilors from<\/p>\n
35 w;;f{rcis;. On  the results of the election were<\/p>\n
 clAec:.!&.;ireeiisar1d_[i2.e same was published in the official gazette<\/p>\n
on  per this ‘notification 21 Councilors<\/p>\n
irielLi”dii1g..__”the\u00ab”‘\u00a7)e1it.ioners and 5’-‘1 respondent, were elected<\/p>\n
K :0}”EAA Jzxnaigr Dal {Secular} {for short JD(S]}poli.l’:ical 1:)ariey<\/p>\n
_sy1nbo.l*. ‘6 Councilors from Indian National Conggress (i)<\/p>\n
 l_’,.ar’1}I. 2 crouimiiors from Bharaiiyn Janaia P:-irty and 6<\/p>\n
~Vc.ounctilo1’s as independents. These electeci (toun(‘:ilors in<\/p>\n
\u00ab:\u00bb’\/”‘”””‘;\\<\/p>\n
(3<\/p>\n
party and formed .21 front” called ‘Abliivrudhi Ra.nga’ and
\nrequested for separate seatirig arrangement” in respondent \u00bb~<\/p>\n
Council r}’1@\u20ac1i1’1gS.\n<\/p>\n
4. Since the petitioners violated the whip’:i.sstieet”b3f””‘~e ‘<\/p>\n
‘ the St.at’.e President ot’JD{S) party a_n.d that *iietve”g_\u00a7\u00a71ve<\/p>\n
up their membership ofihe party. reA$poi’ident\u00e9>.3’t’o”E’; i:ii\u00bbeLi_\u00a7i7i.A<\/p>\n
Complaint before the first resiz-‘or1\u00a3.1_ei1i as per \/-\\i”iV_tie;>:;t;1\u00abrt2;z’\\5to<\/p>\n
ciisqualify the petitioners as eouric5i.ior:\u00e9.VoI’ Mt1niei.pa1Veotanttii
\nunder Section 4 of the  I1:\u00ab__t.11;_e.co*2aj’pl}1int at”. Ai1nexure~
\nA. it is eontendedthat pet.,.it’ion.er’e~.A1″i.;1ve”vo1i1nt’\u00a7i1’ily given up<\/p>\n
their n’1embe1’s1?iiip’\u00a7}t7’JD.(:’3) pi-o1Vi.t,ieet1 Apc’i1’ty”a’nd have formed a<\/p>\n
Forum Cai1E3Cal_’Ab’hiVI’LiUhi VR:?3’i’1\u00a7\u00a7\u00e9I””\u00e9lfit\ufb01Vth\u20ac1’CE’bI”\u20ac they are to
\nbe disqtialii”ied” 3_[i–)(a] of the Act. Furi’he1′ the<\/p>\n
petitione Vi01’c1I.CCV1.’1E:1 (3.WiTljAf)’Ui\u00a7SL.1\u20acd by the State Pie:-sident<\/p>\n
oI”JD{S)_polit4i’C::i}VV pa.1′..t.y 2i.nt:t:vot:ed in favour of the motion in<\/p>\n
 the  meeting hem’ on 16.1.2009 and as such they are<\/p>\n
‘C1,.i.$;(“}\u00abl,,:1.E'”1I4i4i”i\u20ac,”_,vC’l”‘}.111d\u20ac1’ Section 3{b} of the Act. On these<\/p>\n
gi*c$tintfls reS;jo_ne1e11t,s 3 to 5 filed the COIT}])1E1iI11, before the<\/p>\n
‘_pf_i1’ste. respondent”\n<\/p>\n
 5. Pet.itionei’s entered appearance before the first<\/p>\n
 reepotideni arid filed their stattemem. of objections interalia<\/p>\n
“eoni.er1ding that the State President of the JDIS) party has<\/p>\n
0*”\n<\/p>\n
A Division Bench  this court. in I\\\/Iariyappa
\ni\\?a1I’as21ppa Haiavagala Vs. Chief Secretary {LR 1988 Kai’
\n2675 held as under:\n<\/p>\n
“Tl’1e main olgjecr of the law is to ‘tire-!’iiif9.1f__1’_i’
\ndefections by the Members of various iocal”A.B(JCl1fes;’ <\/p>\n
from the political parties by L12f’1icl1..I}_1_.ey   <\/p>\n
The law, {hits provides to Ivzaimairlpolitical”d.ecef1eg-,_ <\/p>\n
and erhics, in a democraric socieiy. ii’-For Il’18.”.3fz1:9c5ii1E ‘
\nfunctiioning of democratic syvsienl arid.sLa.igil’i,iyu”of”iris S
\ninsiimuons. it has been tl1o’ugh5g iha1′:  m_uiI.1’.~pE1riy<\/p>\n
._p’o-Iiiical morality<\/p>\n
system is esser1iiaE,;::*At arty
\nrequires a person to  ‘ouf’ of   to which
\nhe entered fhraug!’1 a”pariicaZar*.poIit’ic.al7’jjarizy. if he
\nacts cor1\u00a3i*\u00a7_1″r;L;\u00ab:1jsis5)’Virfjieoniaiidajiesi “Cj’fV’1′,:”L;\u20ac3 said party.
\nParty   accepied by the
\nlaw_nlaigersnias::;;_f;l1e ~~.corrier~s-tone’;for the success of
\nour;poli\ufb01caiirfmsi.iiu.I.ions;…___ If is notfor the courts to<\/p>\n
e.>caniine’ihe wisdorzi’beh”i<r:1t1 this policy. "<\/p>\n
_"51.2.: Keepiiag"Lhi.s___object 0I'An1.i Defection legislation in<\/p>\n
't_nziV1j'ci,,V11-vV_is~ir1ec'essary to examine the controversy in the<\/p>\n
;.)1'ese'ni casefj <\/p>\n
  goihc;9o.1<\/p>\n
r _ \u00a33. identical issue came up for consideration before 21<\/p>\n
'"—- Division Bench of this couri, in Ni'r1a-Foucia Vs. State
\n H J s<\/p>\n
\/v"'<\/p>\n
13<\/span><\/p>\n
State President ofJD{S} political party as not valid. When
\nthe wliip was not valid. the question of d1’sobeyi1′:g the same<\/p>\n
by {he f)C1.lLiOl’l\u20acI”S will not arise. ‘I’l1ei'<-:l'01"e the pe1i1'.ioi_i\u00e92fs<\/p>\n
are not liable to be disqualifieci uncler Section 33$}..Qf7__il'l':%-;;_42<\/p>\n
ACTL. Accordingly. this point is ans\\.\\='c2i'ecl in 1'1eg;11.i'\\?t':… V<\/p>\n
On goint NO.2<\/p>\n
I5. Pa1'agraph 2[l]{a) vdl\ufb02lhs  "SCl'l\u20acdl.1l\u20acA3.:.'vL.QW16'<\/p>\n
c0ns11'i'.ut1'0n reads as under:\n<\/p>\n
Paraglaph 2 , Di.s\u00a3fiuali’llc.\u20ac;ti\u00a751′;.’_sgfiaithe grourid of<\/p>\n
defeciiori.\n<\/p>\n
(1) sLzh;je\u00a3:’:;J.l.i\u00a2 1-\ufb01e’ 1ri1:O{risl::O;:1_s”f1l”{pa1’ag1’aphs 4 and
\n at;rn\u00e91ii’belf'”‘6Vl7  belonging to any
\nllll llvljolsiifiqal  beWd1’squal1’l’ied for being a<\/p>\n
l’ . 1′:41en’1bc:1″‘ri_l7 i_h’e,I\ufb01’0=,3sC. V<\/p>\n
{SJlfvheV\\2*olL\u00a3’nt\u00e9\u00a3’i:ily gives up his 1l1(3I7]b\u20ac}’Sl’1ip of<\/p>\n
 suclip’o’i’itical party; or<\/p>\n
l’2?..I’aig.i’a}3l1 3. Disqua1lifi(1ai’.ion on the ground of<\/p>\n
 A s,iiel’\u00e9<%lti\\:u'1 not to apply in ('.2186 ol'spliE:. '<\/p>\n
Where a member of a House makes a (il\u00e9-U113 that. he<\/p>\n
"ganud any other members of his EegislatL:1'e p:-.u'1Ly (:onsi.iiui,e<\/p>\n
the group i"ep1'eseni.ing 2: fac:E':.i<\/p>\n
than 1\/ 3″” members 0′ a le islatttre art: ‘orrh~_a..”‘.
\n. I2 J. . _ <\/p>\n
separate group and give to themselves a _cl___i]ferer’i*–t. 9<\/p>\n
name without” there being a split. in the origirta._l’political<\/p>\n
party. Thus the factum of split.V-‘iii ‘t’he o’rigi_riaAl’~pa.rty–:7<\/p>\n
and the number of members in the *i;tjtro’it[)l’=eXcee:linfj*~.hallA<\/p>\n
1\/3″‘ of the members of the .l_egisla.t:_.tre part’y”a:fe_ t”hel\u00a7
\nconditions to be proved. V ‘ ‘ V n<\/p>\n
[u1’1_derIi1:cis..1:1iiiu:1 <\/p>\n
17. In G.Viswa11athah    Tamil Nadu
\nLegislative Assenabalyr-(19\u20ac\u00a76}    as under:<\/p>\n
11. It; tlhe”v.explat1atlion to para
\n2{l} g;:f_,;tze..’lT\u00a2rt:;.:;;_  provieles that an elected
\nmember    be deemed to belong to the
\npoliticallparttrlif”;..by.aal’ii’ctt. he was set up as a
\ncat1d.i.da’Ie__fi;r electiori  such member. such. person.<\/p>\n
so-js”et.,up as a_ lcarioli:l.at.e and elected as a member.<\/p>\n
 . st-tall3-conli’rt.ue to belong to t:hat party. Ever”: ifsuch a<\/p>\n
‘  hiemjbertiswthrown out or expelledfrom the party, for
\n ~. lthe  the Tenth Schedule he will not: cease
\nt:’o.. be ,_h’ie.r7.;tl:)Aer of the political party that had  him
\nup (is ai- cancliclatefor the election. He will corttinue to<\/p>\n
it belong to that political party even if he is treated as
\n ‘tm:ati.aclriecl’\/ The further question is tvhen does a
\nperson “voluntarily give up” his membership of such
\npolitical party. as provided in para 2{ Uta)? ‘t”he act of<\/p>\n
volitrttart’.l_t; giving up the membership of the political<\/p>\n
,*\/K’
\nd\\\\_\/’<\/p>\n
party may be either express or implied. When a
\nperson who has been thrown out: or expelled from the
\nparty which set him up as a candida.t:e and go-t__<\/p>\n
elected. joins another {new} party, it will c?ertai:1_iy._’tt*.._<\/p>\n
amount. ITO his voluntarily giving up the nterr1ber’s-hip’Vqjf”  . h<\/p>\n
the political party which had set’ him. 1,.ip__” as’-_a’ <\/p>\n
candidatefor election as such menziber.\n<\/p>\n
14. Our attention was a’ra1t)ri ti3._t.h’e d\u20ac\u20ac”t’S’i'{)’:’1v”Q]. thish<\/p>\n
Court’ in Ravi S.Naitc V. Union of “tnE:ifa. tr1tt1_e’soijd aecision.
\npara 2{I){a} Qf the Tenth. SCh\u20ac(Vi.\u00a3.tl{J.:”Qf”the Constritution was<\/p>\n
construed and it is obserueof’ at  ISCC para 1 1)<\/p>\n
“The sai.d_ fgaragraj\ufb01h  disfqtiaiificat’toI’i
\nof a member   betoi’tgit’i_qWto a political
\nparty   has  vgiuen up his
\nriiernberstaif), of:xfsttch’*;joli.t’ieai”}jarty’. The words
\n‘voli.tnt.a.riii;   inernbership’ are not:
\ns’i;nony.t’fnot.t.sb u–>it.h.:’:’es’i\u00a7}nation’ and have a wider
\nCor.r1notat’ion,_:V A..fJersonb”n1ay voiunta.riiy give up his
\n oj”av–potiticai party even though he has ,<\/p>\n
A Knot his resignation’\/’rom the membership
\n Even in the absence of a format
\n” resi’griati’oi_ij}’r(>r:ri membership an itlferemre can be<\/p>\n
(ii’aLLti’1a\\]ror’Ii the conduct of a member that he has
\n. .uoittniariiy given up his membership of the poiitieai<\/p>\n
= .;_)a.s”t.y to which he belongs”\n<\/p>\n
bit)!’ he of his own uotit:ionjoins another pol1′.t.it:al party. as the<\/p>\n
appeiiants did in the present case. he must be taken. to have<\/p>\n
.3<\/p>\n
c:?”‘–*”‘<\/p>\n
‘1″)<\/p>\n
F01′ the reasons stated above. the writ petiiions are<\/p>\n
hereby dismissed. The impugned order disq1,1a1Ii\u00a3’ying’ Ehe<\/p>\n
pe1.iti.o11e1’s is hereby corlfimled not for the re21s0z1sVV.sVia’1’e.;i<\/p>\n
by the first respo11de1’1t but for the reasons sieu_e’Ci”\u00ab\u00a7r1’~–.i_hi.:a_.v <\/p>\n
order.\n<\/p>\n
DKB\/ LRS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court Byrappa S\/O Shivanna vs The Deputy Commissioner on 9 December, 2009 Author: H N Das IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE DATED THIS THE 09TH DAY OF DECEMBER 2009.__ BEFORE THE HoN’13LE Mr. JUSTICE H N NAGAMOHAN * W.P.NO. 19299.31 1 \/2oo9(c,s\u00a2EL\/in)” = I . BETWEEN: 1. 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