Madikeri: The Karnataka High Court will on Aug.20, hear the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) Petition against the proposed Railway lines that cuts through Kodagu and the expansion of Highways inside the district. The PIL (WP 17990/2018) was filed on 24.4.2018 by the then President of Coorg Wildlife Society Col. (retd.) C.P. Muthanna, who is also…
HC orders notice to GTD over delay in polls to Traders’ Association
July 5, 2019Bengaluru/Mysuru: The High Court on Thursday ordered that emergent notice be issued to Higher Education and Mysuru District Minister G.T. Devegowda (GTD) in a case related to delay in election to the officer-bearers of the Mysore and Chamarajanagar District Co-operative Wholesale Traders’ Association. Hearing a writ petition by S. Chandrashekhar and N. Manjunath of Mysuru,…
Echo of Elephant Drona’s death: HC seeks details on medical facilities at Elephant Camps
June 27, 2019Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court yesterday asked the State to file an affidavit regarding the number of elephant camps run by the State and facilities provided at these camps. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice H.T. Narendra Prasad issued this direction after hearing the Public Interest Litigation filed by city-based…
Devaraja Market demolition row: HC directs MCC to finalise decision within 3 months
June 16, 2019Mysuru: The Karnataka High Court has directed the District Administration, Mysuru City Corporation and the Heritage Committee to decide on the fate of Devaraja Market building within three months. The Court has directed the authorities to decide whether to restore or demolish or re-construct the Devaraja Market building. A portion of the building had collapsed…
HC clears decks for Vishnu Memorial
April 13, 2019Vacates civil injunction issued by Mysuru Local Court Memorial to come up at 5-acre land near Udbur Gate Actor’s family welcomes High Court order Mysuru: A Memorial for late actor “Sahasa Simha” Dr. Vishnuvardhan in Mysuru will soon be a reality as the Karnataka High Court has given permission to build the Memorial by vacating…
Don’t immerse Talacauvery Agasthyeshwara Linga: HC
April 12, 2019Madikeri: The Karnataka High Court has passed an interim order restraining the removal of Agasthyeshwara Shivalinga from Agasthyeshwara temple in Talacauvery, Kodagu district, the birthplace of River Cauvery. A Division Bench, headed by Acting Chief Justice L. Narayana Swamy, passed this order after hearing a petition filed by Lohitt Urs, a resident of Mysuru and…
Proposed Road, Railway Projects in Kodagu: HC orders govt. to maintain status quo
January 21, 2019These projects will wreak havoc in the district, warns IISc. report Mysuru: The Karnataka High Court (HC) has directed the State Additional Advocate General and Special Public Prosecutor to maintain status quo pending disposal of the petitions filed by Coorg Wildlife Society (CWS) against the proposed Railway and Highway projects that are bound to destroy…
HC confirms life sentence on bakery owner who had killed his wife
July 31, 2018Killer had buried body next to an oven Son found a foot popping out of burial spot Mysuru/H.D. Kote: The Karnataka High Court has upheld the life sentence imposed on a man who had murdered his wife and buried her body next to a bakery oven at his home in H.D. Kote. One of the…
HC tells Government to come up with Ward quota list of ULBs by July 31
July 29, 2018Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court recently pulled up the State Government for not submitting the reservation list to the State Election Commission (SEC) despite the undertaking given in the last hearing. The Court adjourned the hearing and granted time to the State to issue the reservation list before July 31 following the assurance by Advocate…
HC sets aside annulment of University of Mysore teaching staff
July 7, 2018Mysuru: The High Court has set aside the State Government’s order of annulling the appointment of teaching staff of University of Mysore including that of former in-charge Vice-Chancellor Prof. C. Basavaraju. In all, the appointments of 113 teaching staff including 9 Professors and 30 Readers have been upheld. High Court Justice A.S. Bopanna passed the…
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