Karnataka High Court
Bangalore- The Karnataka High Court has asked the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to remember the sanction plans, trade licenses and change of use of land, that were issued after the January 25 interim order of the court. The court had ordered not to permit any reconstruction or redevelopment in areas classified as residential areas [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- The Karnataka High Court, has banned all construction related activities from 10 pm to 6 am in the city. Relaxing its order passed on 6th December, in which the court had directed builders to totally ban all construction or allied activities from 6 pm to 8 am, it has permitted the builders to carry [...] Continue Reading »
Pune- The orders issued by Karnataka high court regarding waste segregation and management has inspired the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to get rid of garbage mismanagement in Pune. The court, stressing on waste segregation at source in Bangalore, ordered that residents have to segregate dry and wet waste at household level and then the segregated [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) have been sent notices from the Karnataka High Court, with regard to a petition filed by residents of MLA Layout on BEL Road, seeking road connectivity. Officials of BBMP and BDA, who had submitted a false affidavit were warned by the division [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- A new temporary landfill for dumping wet waste has been identified and approved by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB). Being located in Chikkanagamangala village of Sarjapura hobli in the outskirts of Bangalore, the new landfill covers an area of around 94 acres, which will be the destination to dump 2,500-3,000 tonnes of [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- The high court will hear petitions filed by garbage contractors objecting the modern tenders and also the public interest litigation (PIL) producing problem about the city’s ruin wreck. The State Government and the BBMP are confused as they do not know what to do regarding garbage issue. The civic bodies are at the focal [...] Continue Reading »
Despite closure order issued by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) prohibiting operations in areas around Tippagondanahalli (T.G. Halli) reservoir, 22 companies continued to operate in the catchment areas. A suo motu case was initiated by the Karnataka high court on the units which continued to operate. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Vikramjit [...] Continue Reading »
The Karnataka government was rapped by the Karnataka high court for lack of initiatives taken up to tackle the mounting garbage problem. The high court has asked the government to identify five more landfill sites in five directions around Bangalore within two weeks for temporary disposal of garbage as there is no notifications of any [...] Continue Reading »
The Karnataka High Court lashed out at the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) upon hearing two public interest litigations. The High Court criticised BBMP for the piling up of garbage in the city and directed the civic agency to file a status report on garbage segregation on November 6, 2012. The court expressed displeasure over [...] Continue Reading »
Karnataka High Court rapped Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike, for its inaction against illegal constructions and saying that BBMP. A Division Bench headed by Justice D V Shylendra Kumar was hearing Public interest litigation (PIL) against former Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda accused of illegally constructing a commercial complex in a residential layout. The PIL [...] Continue Reading »
