Next 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…
Judge who served in Mysuru elevated to HC
February 7, 2021Bengaluru: The Supreme Court (SC) Collegium has approved the proposal for elevation of a Senior Advocate and two Judicial Officers as Judges of the Karnataka High Court (HC). The Senior Advocate is Aditya Sondhi and the two Judicial Officers are Rajendra Badamikar and Khazi Jayabunnisa Mohiuddin. Badamikar is currently serving as Registrar General of the…
MRC land Lease extension row: HC directs State to file objections by Feb. 18
February 2, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to file objections by Feb. 18 in connection with a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed challenging the extension of lease of 139.39 acres of land in favour of Mysore Race Club (MRC). Also, the MRC has been asked to submit whether the Government had permitted…
SC upholds HC’s order MLC Vishwanath not to become Minister
January 28, 2021New Delhi: In a major setback to BJP MLC A.H. Vishwanath, the Supreme Court (SC) today upheld the Karnataka High Court’s (HC) order of barring Vishwanath from becoming a Minister as he is a nominated member of the State Legislative Council. With this, Vishwanath’s hopes of becoming the Minister have been dashed. The miffed MLC…
Society should discuss Court judgements: HC Judge
December 28, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that Court judgements should not remain only on paper and must be discussed in the society, Karnataka High Court (HC) Judge Justice Krishna S. Dikshit observed that Court judgements should be such that they make an impact on the society. He was speaking at the diary (2021) release programme jointly organised by Mysore…
SC, ST Commission not empowered to act as Court: HC
December 26, 2020Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court (HC) has said that the Karnataka Commission for the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) does not have the powers to take up the role of a Court or adjudicatory tribunal. This was stated while quashing an order passed by the Commission. Justice M. Nagaprasanna passed the order recently…
High Court puts brakes on Devaraja Market demolition
December 22, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The grand plans of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to demolish and reconstruct Devaraja Market — more than 125 years old — in city may not be realised in the near future as the Karnataka High Court yesterday restrained the civic body from razing the heritage structure. The Court ordered the State Government and the…
MyMUL recruitment exam: HC orders publishing of answer scripts before Dec.4
December 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Even as corruption charges in connection with appointments to MyMUL (Mysuru Milk Union Limited) posts continues to rage, with some opposition legislators and leaders alleging a scam, the Karnataka High Court has ordered MyMUL to publish OMR answer scripts of candidates who appeared for the written recruitment exam, before Dec.4 on its (MyMUL) website….
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