Sri. Chaluvegowda vs The State Of Karnataka on 27 June, 2017
Similarly, though
rule 2-A(i) of the High Court of Karnataka Rules, 1959, provides
that the court "may" appoint any advocate from a panel to
represent an accused in a criminal case if he inter alia, has
insufficient means, the expression "may" was interpreted as laying
down a mandatory direction to the court to engage advocate for
the accused if the conditions in the rule are satisfied
(Chaluvegowda & Ors. vs. State, (2017) 13 SCC 538).