Mysore/Mysuru: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) will be filed in the Karnataka High Court to force the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) against the construction activity at Jayanagar Park. The MCC is constructing a building inside the small park on 2nd Main Road in Jayanagar, in complete violation of Karnataka Parks, Play Field and Open Spaces…
Education Dept. takes over Farooqia Girls High School as 22-year lease period ends
July 4, 2022Staff, students and parents stage protest Mysore/Mysuru: Two days after the Education Department took over the School reportedly as per a High Court (HC) order, the students, parents and staff of Farooqia Girls High School located on Dawood Khan Street in Lashkar Mohalla staged a demonstration in front of the School this morning, strongly opposing…
C.M. Poonacha appointed as Additional Judge of High Court
June 9, 2022Bengaluru: The President of India has appointed C.M. Poonacha as the Additional Judge of Karnataka High Court yesterday. His appointment will be for two years, with effect from the date he assumes office. His service will be permanent after a two-year probationary period. With this, the strength of Judges in the HC has increased to…
HC sets 12-week deadline for redrawing of Constituencies and reservation for ZPs, TPs
May 25, 2022Bengaluru: Putting an end to the confusions over ZP and TP polls, the Karnataka High Court yesterday set the State Government a 12-week deadline for the completion of redrawing of constituencies and formulation of Reservation Matrix for Zilla Panchayats (ZPs) and Taluk Panchayats (TPs). Hearing a plea by the State Election Commission (SEC), a Division…
High Court grants relief for de-recognised Schools
April 27, 2022Bengaluru: In a big relief for de-recognised schools, the Karnataka High Court has ordered the State Government to mention the name of the school in which the students had studied in their SSLC marks card. The de-recognised schools had moved the High Court seeking a direction to the Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) to…
Devaraja Market tenants to get alternative place
April 14, 2022Meeting next week with Tenants Association and Chamaraja MLA, says MCC Commissioner Mysore/Mysuru: If the Karnataka High Court accepts the opinion of the Mysuru District Heritage Committee to demolish the Devaraja Market and Lansdowne Building, the dilapidated structures will make way for new heritage-like buildings. In such a scenario, the main task of the Mysuru…
HC stays Govt. order making Kannada compulsory language for UG courses
April 9, 2022Bengaluru: In what can be termed as a setback to the Karnataka Government, the High Court (HC) on Wednesday stayed implementation of the State Government’s two communications issued in August-September last year, making Kannada a compulsory language for Under-Graduate (UG) courses from the 2021-22 academic year, while citing the National Education Policy-2020 (NEP-2020). A Division…
Gun licence exemption to Kodavas: Supreme Court agrees to hear plea; seeks State response
March 30, 2022New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday sought the Karnataka Government’s response in a plea filed against a High Court (HC) verdict which had upheld the validity of the exemption granted to members of the Kodava community and Jamma tenure holders to carry and possess firearms without a licence. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of…
HC draws curtains on MUDA Comr. transfer episode
March 24, 2022Dinesh Kumar to assume charge on May 4 Mysore/Mysuru: The Karnataka High Court has drawn curtains on the transfer episode that unfurled at Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) concerning two officers — the present MUDA Commissioner Dr. D.B. Natesh and G.T. Dinesh Kumar who was briefly transferred to MUDA as Commissioner but was eventually transferred…
Tahsildar has powers to conduct land survey: HC
March 18, 2022Bengaluru: Putting to rest the confusions over the authority to conduct land survey, the Karnataka High Court (HC) on Thursday ruled that Tahsildars have the power to conduct land survey in Municipal Corporation limits as per the provisions of Section 140(2) of The Karnataka Land Revenue Act. A Divisional Bench of the HC comprising Justices…
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