Bengaluru: Amid the surge in COVID-19 crisis, the Government has postponed the elections to Karnataka Vokkaligara Sangha, which was scheduled to take place on May 16. The Karnataka High Court (HC), which heard a petition filed by Film Producer Krishnegowda seeking conduct of elections for the State Vokkaligara Sangha, had directed the Government on Mar….
KSRTC bus services register improvement after HC’s observation
April 21, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A day after the Karnataka High Court (HC) observed that it was probably the worst time for transport strike, Government bus services in the city and district saw a marked improvement this morning even as the indefinite strike launched by the employees of the four State-run Transport Coporations entered the fifteenth day today. On…
Nobody should engage in damaging the country’s integrity, says HC Judge
April 20, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Stating that nobody should engage in disturbing the unity and integrity of the country in the name of caste and language, Karnataka High Court Judge Ashok G. Nijagannavar stressed on the need for building a strong India. He was delivering a talk on the topic’ Judiciary and Democracy’ during the inauguration of Allama Research…
PIL on MRC land lease: Govt. defends lease decision
April 16, 2021High Court asks State to file affidavit; hearing posted to May 27 Bengaluru: The State Government has defended its decision to lease out 139.39 acres of prime land under Public Works Department (PWD) in Survey No. 4 and 74 of Kurubarahalli in Mysuru to the Mysore Race Club (MRC). The State defence came during a…
MRC land lease extension row: HC grants a week’s time for Govt. to take final call
April 8, 2021Case posted for hearing on Apr. 15 Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court (HC) has granted a week’s time for the State Government to decide on the leased out 139.39 acres of land owned by Public Works Department (PWD) in Survey No. 4 and 74 at Kurubarahalli in Mysuru to the Mysore Race Club (MRC). Expressing…
Re-looking into MRC land lease, Govt. tells HC
March 31, 2021Advocate General seeks a week’s time; next hearing on April 7 Bengaluru: The State Government has told the Karnataka High Court (HC) that it was re-examining the possibilities of taking back the leased out land to Mysore Race Club (MRC). “We are re-looking into the issue of taking back the lease of 139.39 acres of…
HC directs CAT to issue order on B. Sharat’s transfer case in two weeks
March 28, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Seeking to end the six-month long row over the transfer of IAS Officer B.Sharat, who was transferred from the post of Mysuru Deputy Commissioner (DC) just after a month of posting last year, the Karnataka High Court on Friday, asked the CAT (Central Administrative Tribunal) to resolve the case in a fortnight. B. Sharat,…
Land lease to Mysore Race Club: HC asks Govt. to submit Cabinet notes, documents
March 16, 2021Next hearing posted to March 30 Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court yesterday directed the State Government to place on record all the Cabinet notes, relevant documents and files regarding the extension of lease of land to Mysore Race Club (MRC). The Court observed that public property cannot be squandered by the Government. The observation was…
State Govt. Approaches Apex Court against HC order on Mysore Royal family land
March 8, 2021New Delhi: The Karnataka Government has moved the Supreme Court questioning the Karnataka High Court (HC) judgement declaring ownership of 1,561.31 acres of land at Mysuru in favour of Mysore Royal family. The Government contended that the HC order went against the Accession Treaty of 1950, signed between the Maharaja of Mysore and Dominion of…
Decks cleared for Mysuru Mayoral polls tomorrow as HC refuses stay
February 23, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The decks for the city Mayoral polls is said to have been cleared, with the Karnataka High Court (HC) learnt to have refused to grant a stay order on the Mayoral polls scheduled for tomorrow. Challenging the Government’s reservation for Mysuru Mayoral polls, Samiullah, an independent Corporator, had moved Karnataka HC seeking scrapping of…
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