Karnataka High Court
Locals and various RWAs had staged a huge demonstration against the road-widening project in Sankey Road. Later, Malleswaram Residents’ Welfare Association member Dr Meenakshi Bharat and five others moved the high court against the project. The petitioners contended that the widening of the road would only increase the rate of accidents and pedestrians and students [...] Continue Reading »
HC: Not to discriminate while demolishing the encroachments/unauthorized constructions. The Karnataka high court on Tuesday asked BBMP Bangalore not to discriminate while demolishing the encroachments/unauthorized constructions. It further observed that no notice is necessary in clearing/removing such encroachments. The bench directed BBMP to furnish through an affidavit by August 4 the complete list of encroachments/unauthorized [...] Continue Reading »
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday came out strongly in support of Bangalore lake conservation and set the ball rolling with a direction to implement the recommendations on the development of Bangalore lakes, made by the Justice N K Patil committee report submitted in February. The division bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and [...] Continue Reading »
The Karnataka High Court directed the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (Greater Bangalore Municipal Body) to evolve a mechanism in two months time to prevent fire accidents in high rise buildings resulting in loss of human lives. A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice A S Bopanna passed the order while hearing a [...] Continue Reading »
Karnataka will probably be the first state in the country to have a fire station on the secretariat premises. The fire station, to be set up at a cost of Rs 1.25 crore, will also serve safety needs of the Karnataka high court and MS Buildings. The need for a fire station was felt many [...] Continue Reading »
The Karnataka high court has said that public auction of a property can be resorted to only after it is free from encroachment. The petitioners have claimed that though proceedings were initiated against the accused, it was not taken to its logical end and the authorities are trying to auction the land without removing the [...] Continue Reading »
The traffic congestion in the City is not due to the narrow roads, but due to lack of proper planning. Justice Shylendra Kumar initiates suo motu proceedings against BBMP’s indiscriminate felling of trees in the City.The High Court directed the State to file objections within two weeks. Justice Shylendra Kumar initiates suo motu proceedings against [...] Continue Reading »
The BBMP on Thursday told the High Court that they have initiated action on February 15 under section 462 of KMC Act for demolishing illegal structures at an apartment complex in G M Palya near HAL. Demolition will be effected immediately, BBMP told the court. The counsel for BBMP also gave a list of personnel [...] Continue Reading »
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday gave two months to the government to re-examine and reconsider amendments brought out to the Country and Town Planning Act pertaining to the Akrama-Sakrama scheme. It adjourned the hearing of a batch of PILs challenging the Akrama-Sakrama policy brought out by the state government in 2007. The next hearing [...] Continue Reading »
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) to submit a report on its land acquisitions for forming layouts. Justice DV Shylendra Kumar while hearing a batch of petitions pointing out the lapses in acquiring land for Nadaprabhu Kempe Gowda Layout, asked BDA to submit report on its land acquisitions. The [...] Continue Reading »
